How to Draw a spiritual method
Today, the university had a meeting where I showed the pictures drawn by magic. Leading gave me the right direction and I was able to make a unique video. The video recorded by a miracle. Below the video.
How sweet! It was fun to see what everyone posted, too! Can’t believe this is the last day of April already!
New Blog Post!
http://mediciprincess.com/ponte-vecchio-with-edie/
Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?
— Roger Ebert
“I begin to feel like most Americans don’t understand the First Amendment, don’t understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don’t understand that it’s the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.”
“Clouds do not really look like camels or sailing ships or castles in the sky. They are simply a natural process at work. So too, perhaps, are our lives.”
I loved this man. His best statement by far is:
“To make others less happy is a crime. To make ourselves unhappy is where all crime starts. We must try to contribute joy to the world. That is true no matter what our problems, our health, our circumstances. We must try. I didn’t always know this, and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.”
Great quote Bad Ryan. 🙂 This should be your motto, if you could stand to give up ‘its good to be bad. 😉
Our lovely Neeva has a poem up on MU/Stories, go check it out 😉 If you didnt get that, it is here.
Thanks Astrid ‘n Neeva! Supa’awesome!
In case anyone hasn’t heard, Astrid is the New Associate Editor for MU/Creativity’s New section MU/Stories!
You can go straight to MU/Stories here:
http://mediciuniversity.co.uk/creativity/section/stories
ahem, thats new ‘sexy associate editor’ to you.
waves at the new ultra smashin supa sexified’ Director! (couldn’t resist)
I think the official title is “Supa’sexy associate editor”
hahaha exacto!
W is for Wall
love the angle Myra, great action shot
Great colors, I love that graffiti!
Hi there. Elle brought this to our attention a couple of weeks ago, but I wanted to remind everyone that The Open University is offering a free creative writing course online for the month of May (it began yesterday). There are a few things to do each week (5 minute video, short paragraph to read, and writing exercises – with opportunity to post them for feedback), totaling around 3 hours. You can join or leave at any time, and aren’t compelled to finish each section if you want to jump around. I am going to give it a shot. I’m a little busy for getting into it hardcore, but I’d like to keep the creative juices flowing. If you’d like to join here is a link https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/start-writing-fiction and maybe you can share your written exercises on MU/Stories?? 😉
I completed this course just before getting involved with MU. Its fantastic! And very flexible how involved you want to get. I will say that realistically I spent much more time with the course than their estimation, but I was doing all the tasks and reading/responding to other peoples work daily. Definitely an enriching experience and there are loads of other great courses too!
Awesome! Glad to hear some positive feedback from someone who has done it before!
This looks like a great course. Thank you for reminding us Astrid! 🙂 🙂 If I wasn’t so anti-writing I might actually get my act together. hehe
LOL Oona, you are in the creative writing department. I think it’s just so easy to get distracted!
Thank you Feels Empty for reminding us all that today is Yves Klein’s birthday! What a great idea to have a “Dead Artists'” walk on Sunday!
Yves Klein’s studio @ ES-1
Medici University is such a vibrant place filled with so many living people, meetups, and collaborations. But we are also inspired by so many artistic spirits. From our Jane Jacobs inspired campus to the Barnett Newman Broken Obelisk sculpture not far from my own studio, to Yves Klein, to our very own Provost, and even me.
Please join me in celebrating artistic spirits past and present this Sunday at 9am!
http://janeswalk.org/cyberspace/second-life/dead-artists-walk-medici-university/
I know where Atlantis. I talked about this in class about the history. It is located in the Gulf of Aden and the topic of piracy in the region. Below is the link you can find the map in the second Life, where is Atlantis. I propose to find her. If we find Atlantis, the MOU will become very famous. The problem – in the location depth of 1 kilometer.But the powers that really need this card!
Your Atlantis is beautiful! I recommend visiting. The game is fun, I made some progress.
V is for the View
I wonder what she’s looking at.
A-Z and a bit of poetry badumdumching
over the last few weeks I visited numerous locations on the grid and spent this weekend completing this challenge. I was quite satisfied with the results and hope you enjoy the page.
very elementary in my pseudo sonnet-try so please forgive my amateuress-ness lol
wendz,
That’s great! The poetry matches the pictures well. Thank you for sharing.
Simply gorgeous!
I love your work, wendz.
One of the things I truly love about MU is how I’ve connected – even if it’s just through flickr – with amazing photographers like you.
I look forward to every new photograph you post on flickr. Your use of shadows and light and scene composition is stunning and inspiring. I so want to pick your brain. And you have a great eye for fashion.
Thank you.
Great collection Wendz! Great job.
I really enjoyed this collection. Thanks!
Today, Sunday 4/26 we held the second part of Café Sophistry Section 2, “Time – What is It?” Participants came away sufficiently versed. Is discussing time sustainable? Not sure, but is definitely something you could do forever! We discussed and saw many great things. To check out references and art locations, read more…
Thank you to all attendees:
It was a great class, Newton! I went back and got snapshots to post on my Tumblr Blog.
http://veyot.tumblr.com/
Thank you Veyot! I will share credited photos and links in the CS blog too. Maybe Feels will wear his time shirt again for a special photo shoot.
Great class, Newton!
Agree, well done Newton!
so sad i crashed out! 🙁
Loved this class Newton!
this version —–> simon, garfunkel and james taylor!!!! https://youtu.be/wOsQNDtJ2lI
Thank you Ryan. Was feeling Woebegone but now uplifted.
Aw hugs Newton. 🙂
Things have realigned and the CS Time Capsule Art Party can now happen at 8am SLT at Nostradamus 9. Just in case anyone did not receive this follow-up, I will still be hanging around Nostradamus 9 at 7amSLT making shady deals. But the official time of the Time Capsule Party will be 8am SLT. All the best – I think time had something to say about all of this!
Did you know that sometimes objects go floating away? Get lost, missing etc? I walk around campus a lot cause its my job and cause its great here. And I notice a lot of art debris that maybe you don’t know is there! Its amusing really when you find a couch where it clearly was never meant to be. 😉
So since I’m walking around anyway I thought I’d call you all up and let you know I found some of your little lost prims so you can come find them. Poor little prims. 😛
Alternatively if you have Firestorm, you can do an Area Search. If thats all too complicated the basics are this: click on World, then Area Search, then the Find tab. Enter your sign in name in the Owner box and hit Search. Some stuff you may need to walk around to find, because sometimes it takes longer to find stray things far far away. But the basics are, it will list ALL your stuff on the sim (if you give it long enough and its behaving.)
This is a great way to find out how many sims you are using, without manually adding on fingers. Just select all those listed items in the List window, right click and choose edit and it will tabulate how many collected prims that is.
Be sure not to do any editing in that window if you do that, just close it and go on your way.
By anyway. The poor little lost prims I’ve noticed I’ll list by nearest location. And I’m not prim shaming! This is just environmental clean up! If the stuff I list is actually art, just disregard, what do I know anyway. 😛
xo Oona
Neeva: A purple slab above Harmony’s plot (Aurelia 7)
Our boy Hennessy Youngman breaks down the concept of Personal Mythology for us:
Do you have a personal mythology Ryan? Love Hennessy Youngman, always so amusing. <3
Hmmm……for some of us who are living lives that are tragic and weirder than a mythology people might construct, this sort of playing to an audience doesn’t hold much interest unless it’s highly useful to our own real journeys.
The time for the Café Sophistry Time Capsule Art Party this Sunday 4/26 has been changed from 8am SLT to 7am SLT. The circumstances were unavoidable and I hope very much that you can still make it. I think we will have a lot of fun seeing what people did for the Time Capsule Art Party.
The event will start at Nostradamus 9 and we will proceed where intended. All the best, Newton.
U is for Up
Love this.
Yay Elle. Congrats!
Congratulations Elle, it has been fun visiting your installations at MU as well as at the Cyber Art sim.
thanks for everything Elle
totally agree
Thank you very much everyone! 🙂
Canary Beck reports that of the 1,308 blogs listed on Blogging Second Life, 87% or 1,136 of them are about fashion! Who needs 1,000 blogs about virtual fashion???
It’s time for an un-fashion revolt! Join us at Trashy.clothing!
Awesome. What does it entail? Revolt against the revolting.
Yes! Revolt against the revolting!
It really entails anything you want. It could be a humorous essay, some silly or fun fashion. Wearing demo stuff. Seriously making “recycled” fashions, or anything else that you think fits on an “un-fashion blog”
This sounds great! I can think of lots of things; just not sure where to post them but I guess we’ll find out.
Hi Pearl! I’ve added you as an author to Trashy.clothing!
I’ll send you login info on Slack. Post anything you like!
What the hell is un-fashion. You do realize that even un-fashion is fashion right? Oona does not like this post. 😛
Have you seen the cerulean sweater scene in The Devil Wears Prada?
What color is your sweater, Ryan? 😀
Yes Myra, I’ve seen the Cerulean sweater scene. But for the real scoop on Cerulean, watch Hennessy Youngman’s video on Post Structuralism. He covers Cerulean at 3:00
I love cerulean
LMAO @ Oona
I might like to contribute something at some point Ryan. Be it an essay or some other trash. Sounds like a fun project, and right up my street!
T is for Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud comes to SL. : )
You can find the painting that inspired my pic in this article:
https://newamericanpaintings.wordpress.com/2012/11/15/wayne-thiebaud-at-acquavella-galleries/
Great homage. 🙂
I love that you work your knowledge of painters and Art history into your SL work. It gives me extra delight because I not only enjoy your photo, I get to learn about artists and styles. I also like how you have taken the basic pose and idea, but changed the color and background so much. Also the angle of the shot.
S is for Spinning Sweet Sounds
I had to do a dj one. : )
Two of your three major SL creative outlets in one fabulous photo.
The colors are great. Good wind light choice 🙂
thanks, oona. it took forever to get this shot. : )
I personally love the part where Elle, Muse and Feels have this sudden falling action, like they didn’t see it was coming, and also the crazy Neeva rotating fall near the end. <3 <3
Oona, that’s great!!
“I was just standing around on the ATOD, when suddenly….”
Awesome Oona! I’m so glad you captured some of that magic. These are some of my happiest SL moments! Credits at the end of your documentary video were the best
It’s just a week till Jane’s Walk!
I’ve added 4 walks:
Friday 1 May 11am – MU Campus Overview
Friday 1 May 6pm – MU World Building Walk
Saturday 2 May 11am – MU Creative Writing Walk
Sunday 3 May 11am – MU Photographic Arts Walk
Would YOU like to add a walk?
Would YOU like to be the leader for one of these walks?
Would YOU like to be an Organizer, Community Voice, or Volunteer for one of these walks?
MU / SL Jane’s Walks:
http://janeswalk.org/cyberspace/second-life
About Walking:
http://vanessablaylock.com/blog/topic/walking
I made music that has the potential to become a hit.
That’s composition. Who is ready to make a video with it?
Enjoyable Alexandre 🙂
Agree, it is very nice! 🙂
this is my first try, Alex.. I will remove it if you don’t like it.
That video is great Veyot, really really great! Bravo!
Oh wow Veyot & Alex! I’m with Oona, this is such a beautiful piece! Bravo!!
If MU were gone tomorrow, I think this video is the best way I’ve seen yet to remember and appreciate something of all the creativity that happened here! TY!!!
PS Veyot: you did secure permission and give attribution for every person whose work you photographed, right? 😀
Veyot, I liked the video. you want it to finish?
Love the video Veyot!
As talked in proposals and acquisitions or whatever with Vanessa, I’ve decided to throw together a proposal to do Medici University 2. I’m sure anyone could do a better job, but my idea was to canvas everyone and compile all the greatness and show them why this place is such a great gem.
Worse they can do is laugh but the best that could happen, and the scariest, is they could agree with me.
Anyway. I need all of you to please pretty pretty please answer these questions for me and I’ll compile them up into one thing. Along with our Flickr pics that show how much fun we have, and just general guilt tripping, maybe it will happen!
Notecards would be best (msbluerasp resident), but contact me in whatever way is easiest for you.
How did you come to be here?
If you think back on the first day to now, do you see growth in yourself?
Has being amongst like minded creators, improved the amount of time you work on your creative side?
What specifically do you enjoy about Medici U?
Honestly, what specifically do you not enjoy about Medici U?
What would you like to see here at Medici U that isn’t already here?
What would encourage you to spend more time here at Medici U?
Do you think its a good idea to extend or renew Medici University for a second go around?
Please answer these, and notecard, IM or even answer below. I’ll likely try to get the proposal all squished together first week of May so please get them in soon. 🙂
Thank you fellow student/party animals! <3 <3 xoxo
P.S. If you only have time for fast and dirty answers, that helps too.
Thank you to Kyle James at Flickr for his CC photo.
I will send my answers along tonight, Oona.
I’ll try to work up something for you, this weekend, Oona.
In hopes of inspiring others to respond, I’ve posted my replies over at Creativity:
http://mediciuniversity.co.uk/creativity/oonas-cry-for-help/
Check out the cool videos from Veyot, NSANE, Amber, Alexandre & Ziki on the top of the MU Home page! 🙂
Do you have a video too? Drop your URL in the comments below and I’ll add you!
On the home page and don’t want to be? Just shout in the comments below and I’ll take you off.
Want a different video there? Just drop your URL below!
Izzy, I see only one video Veyot. No other video.
Click the Arrows, or the Dots Alexandre. They scroll!
wow, cool. It is very nice.
Two of our own are participating in LEA 12’s contest. Please be sure to go over and support them!
Elle http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA12/212/79/21
Feels Empty http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA12/212/79/21
🙂 Oona
Hurray and things! Good luck Feels and Elle 🙂
Good luck Feels ‘n Elle! 😀
Awesome. Thanks for posting this!
Thank you all. 🙂 Make sure you check out the amazing sim by Asmita and Sable.
Voted. Feel’s installed is here:
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA12/44/155/91
Installation*
I’m upset, they restarted my votes because I was getting too many! Said I was getting my friends to come vote (which is only partially true). Help vote again guys 🙁
Well don’t just vote for mine there are other good works too, explore and make your decision 🙂
R is for Running in the Rain.
Sorry for the visual pun. : )
Love it. 🙂
Rippin’ my heart was so easy, so easy
Launch your assault now, take it easy
Raise your weapon, raise your weapon,
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F33L5 3MPTY 11:06 on 30/04/2015 Permalink |
Wow thank you for sharing! I wish I could understand Newton…
F33L5 3MPTY 11:09 on 30/04/2015 Permalink |
I mean Russian. Sorry!!
Elle 14:07 on 30/04/2015 Permalink |
Alex,
Thank you so much for sharing your method! 🙂
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How exciting!
Oona 15:53 on 01/05/2015 Permalink |
Great video Alexandre. While I didn’t know what you were saying it was great to watch and listen to the lovely language. 🙂