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  • Pearl Grey 09:51 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply  

    Jane’s Walk to Forgotten City 

    Feels Empty has strongly encouraged me to do a cyberspace walk. (Frankly, I walk all over the mainland and also walk around my real life city.)  I don’t want to create yet another account on the Jane’s Walk site so I’m posting this here. I think Feels is going to maybe post this info there.

    Anyway, I am choosing a place away from MU, Forgotten City. We can meet at 4:00 p.m. SLT at the Collaborate place, which I think is Maria 5.

    From the land description:

    “A once great city where the prosperous residents were served by the miraculous mechanical automatons. The people have long since disappeared, but the automatons remained and still take care of the crumbling stone walls, abandoned halls and rusty fences.”

    Some of you have likely heard of this place or been there. It’s worth a visit!

     

     

  • Oona 06:02 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Thank You Veyot 

    Veyot took the time to pull together a lovely wreath incorporating flowers she sent us all to decorate. What a lovely project and idea to showcase unity here at MU! Thank you Veyot! <3

    https://www.flickr.com/photos/129313808@N05/17151574790/

     

  • Ananda Crystal 03:02 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply  

    New and First Blog Post. Yay! Decided to give Ryan’s number challenge a go. Also been working on a writing course and jotting story ideas done. Leave it to me to get my butt in gear when there isn’t much time left for class. Better late than never, right?http://discoveringbalancethroughwriting.blogspot.com/

     

    • Oona 09:10 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      This is great Ananda, I really enjoyed your poem. 🙂 Hope you post all your numbers for us to see.

  • Vanessa 01:08 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Jane's Cyberspace Walk #1 

    Calliope & Trilby in a video frame with a chat window around them

    Calliope Lexington & Trilby Minotaur on Jane’s Cyberspace Walk #1. Video screen capture of the live stream on Twitch.tv

    New Blog Post!

    http://janeswalk.org/cyberspace/second-life/second-life-blog/janes-cyberspace-walk-1

     

    • Oona 09:09 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Glad this went so well Vanessa. 🙂

  • Newton 00:36 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Café Sophistry Postponement 

    Greetings,  The next section of Café Sophistry, “The Popcorn Tear or Finding Virtual Forgiveness,” has been changed from Sunday 5/3 to Sunday 5/10 in honor of “my sleep” and to take part in a virtual Jane’s Walk – which hopefully lots are doing!

     

  • astrid 21:21 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply  

    Challenge for Writers 

    Hello again. I’ve just discovered there is an international writing challenge for may called, ‘A Story Everyday in May’. If any of you are interested 🙂 I thought perhaps Microfiction in May would be a lovely tweak, that being short fiction of 1,000 words or less – makes it easier. If anyone is interested, doesn’t have to be a campus challenge, or even shared w/ us. But a good exercise for personal/creative growth.’  🙂

    http://storyaday.org/about/

     

    • Oona 09:05 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Thank for the idea Astrid. 🙂

      • astrid 11:45 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

        get your butt in gear 😛

  • astrid 20:35 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply  

    Writers Meetup 

     

    Hi writers. Let’s get together for some jazz and poetry. How about Wednesday May 6th at 1PM SLT – Tullia 1? A tentative first meeting for 45 mins or an hour and see how it goes. Anyone who wants to share work, discuss our current projects. Perhaps do some activities. Open to suggestions. In any case, I want to see your faces! So come 🙂

     

    • Paypabak Writer 21:24 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Too early in the day for me, but this is a great idea.

      • Astrid 02:43 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

        Let me know what times you will ve available and we can make it happen

    • Oona 09:03 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Glad this is happening. 🙂

  • Pearl Grey 18:45 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Thanks Writers for Participating in April’s Story Boards 

    Five writers participated in the story boards for the second half of April.

    Feels Empty

    Oona

    Edie Sedgwick (!?)

    Elle Thorkveld

    Astrid Rimbaud

    You can find links to what they’ve written at the bottom of this post.

     

    • astrid 20:44 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      This was fun! Hope you do it again!

    • Oona 08:54 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Always love these, I look forward to the next one. 🙂

  • Ryan 15:50 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    New Challenge! Ryan’s May 1-2-31!

    Did you have fun with Astrid’s April A-2-Z? Are you sad that it’s over? Did you miss it completely and wish it was starting again?

    Fear not!

    It’s Ryan’s May 1-2-31! Just as we did Letters for each day of April, so we can do Numbers for each day of May!

    D is for Dinosaur and E is for Egypt give way to 3’s a Crowd and Baker’s Dozen!

    Please join us!

    And, oh look! Here’s the first post now!

    http://correspon.dance/one

     

  • Oona 06:49 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Z is for Zebra and Ze End 

    Dear Ryan,

    Z is for Zebra

    I wasn’t a fan of blogging before I started this challenge. I might have been kinda negative about them, cause everyone and their cat has a blog. Some people have many more, not that I know any of those people. o_O

    I’m glad you asked me to blog with you. It was fun, hard, time consuming and rewarding. Thank you.

    And although I was prepared to go another round with you in May, you need a break, so I’ll be grateful I can relax for a bit, until you decide to stop being a wuss and do another one with me. 😛

    xo Oona

     

  • Myra 04:27 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    X is for X marks the spot
    X is for X marks the spot.

    I had to do a pirate. : )

    I’ll finish the challenge, but unfortunately I wasn’t able to do them all in April. Y and Z are coming, soon.

     

    • Elle 06:29 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      That’s great, Myra. I’ve really enjoyed your pictures for the A-Z.

      • Myra 10:09 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

        ty, elle. it’s been a lot of work, but I’ve loved doing it. Z should be fun.

    • Oona 07:21 on 02/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Love it! 🙂

  • AlexandreLois1 07:30 on 30/04/2015 Permalink | Reply  

    How to Draw a spiritual method 

    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.

     

     

    • F33L5 3MPTY 11:06 on 30/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Wow thank you for sharing! I wish I could understand Newton…

    • F33L5 3MPTY 11:09 on 30/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      I mean Russian. Sorry!!

    • Elle 14:07 on 30/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Alex,

      Thank you so much for sharing your method! 🙂

    • rmarie beedit 00:51 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      How exciting!

    • Oona 15:53 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Great video Alexandre. While I didn’t know what you were saying it was great to watch and listen to the lovely language. 🙂

  • Ryan 04:51 on 30/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Y is for Yes!

    Good Ryan has finished his half!

    http://correspon.dance/y-is-for-yes/

     

    • Paypabak Writer 14:16 on 30/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      How sweet! It was fun to see what everyone posted, too! Can’t believe this is the last day of April already!

  • Izzy 22:14 on 29/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Ponte Vecchio with Edie

    New Blog Post!
    http://mediciprincess.com/ponte-vecchio-with-edie/

     

  • Ryan 17:01 on 29/04/2015 Permalink | Reply  

    Of what use is freedom of speech to those who fear to offend?

    — Roger Ebert

     

    • Paypabak Writer 17:24 on 29/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      “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.”

    • Oona 15:40 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Great quote Bad Ryan. 🙂 This should be your motto, if you could stand to give up ‘its good to be bad. 😉

  • astrid 15:40 on 29/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    New Poem at Mu/Stories 

    Our lovely Neeva has a poem up on MU/Stories, go check it out 😉 If you didnt get that, it is here.

     

    • Izzy 17:05 on 29/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      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

      • astrid 17:55 on 29/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

        ahem, thats new ‘sexy associate editor’ to you.

      • wendz tempest 00:33 on 30/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

        waves at the new ultra smashin supa sexified’ Director! (couldn’t resist)

    • Neeva 19:53 on 29/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      I think the official title is “Supa’sexy associate editor”

  • Myra 09:49 on 29/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    W is for Wall
    W is for Wall

     

    • wendz tempest 00:38 on 30/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      love the angle Myra, great action shot

    • Oona 15:34 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Great colors, I love that graffiti!

  • astrid 20:35 on 28/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Free Online Writing Course 

    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?? 😉

     

     

    • Art 06:02 on 29/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      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!

    • astrid 15:42 on 29/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Awesome! Glad to hear some positive feedback from someone who has done it before!

    • Oona 15:34 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

      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

      • astrid 21:25 on 01/05/2015 Permalink | Reply

        LOL Oona, you are in the creative writing department. I think it’s just so easy to get distracted!

  • Edie 16:08 on 28/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Dead Artists’ Jane’s Walk Sunday 

    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!

    photo of the waters of Eleonora Slough with a studio door card that reads "Yves Klein"

    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/

     

  • AlexandreLois1 02:00 on 28/04/2015 Permalink | Reply  

    MU and Atlantis 

    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!

     

    http://ottyg.narod.ru/gametorah.html

     

    • Elle 14:14 on 30/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Your Atlantis is beautiful! I recommend visiting. The game is fun, I made some progress.

  • Myra 20:26 on 27/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    V is for the View
    V is for the View

     

    • Oona 00:57 on 28/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      I wonder what she’s looking at.

  • wendz tempest 08:49 on 27/04/2015 Permalink | Reply  

    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

    http://cozeysl.com/a-2-z-challenge/

     

    • Elle 14:52 on 27/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      wendz,

      That’s great! The poetry matches the pictures well. Thank you for sharing.

    • Newton 16:42 on 27/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Simply gorgeous!

    • Myra 20:13 on 27/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      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.

    • Oona 00:56 on 28/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Great collection Wendz! Great job.

    • Pearl Grey 08:56 on 28/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      I really enjoyed this collection. Thanks!

  • Newton 05:16 on 27/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Café Sophistry “What is Time” Follow-Up 

    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:

    • Art Oluja
    • AstridRimbaud
    • Elle Thorkveld
    • FeelsEmpty
    • Pearl Grey
    • Tava Longfall
    • Veyot
    • Yves Klein!
     

    • veyot 14:47 on 27/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      It was a great class, Newton! I went back and got snapshots to post on my Tumblr Blog.
      http://veyot.tumblr.com/

    • Newton 16:41 on 27/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      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.

    • Pearl Grey 08:57 on 28/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Great class, Newton!

    • Elle 18:03 on 28/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Agree, well done Newton!

    • astrid 20:42 on 28/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      so sad i crashed out! 🙁

    • Art 06:04 on 29/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Loved this class Newton!

  • Ryan 08:52 on 26/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    W is for Wonderful World

    http://correspon.dance/w-is-for-wonderful-world

     

  • Newton 23:48 on 25/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    CS Time Capsule Art Party TIME Update 

    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!

     

  • Oona 17:14 on 25/04/2015 Permalink | Reply  

    Little Lost Prims :( 

    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)

     

  • Ryan 15:40 on 25/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Personal Mythology

    Our boy Hennessy Youngman breaks down the concept of Personal Mythology for us:

     

    • Oona 12:45 on 26/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Do you have a personal mythology Ryan? Love Hennessy Youngman, always so amusing. <3

    • Pearl Grey 15:05 on 26/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      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.

  • Newton 10:23 on 25/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    Sunday Time Capsule Art Party Time Change – 7am SLT 

    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.

     

  • Myra 09:21 on 25/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    U is for Up
    U is for Up

     

  • Pearl Grey 06:52 on 25/04/2015 Permalink | Reply
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    BAOC Award to Elle Thorkveld 

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    I choose Elle Thorkveld as the next BAOC Award recipient. Elle has done tai chi at the dojo with me, has an amazing entry in the Cyberart contest at LEA 12, has been involved in GIMP classes, has written for my storyboard projects and now is assisting with the proposal to continue the spirit of Medici University in some form. She gives encouraging words to others and has participated in many projects, events and parties at MU.
    Even with her talent and skills, she’s made time to give positive feedback for my efforts and this is what has made her stand out from many talented and productive learners. Not only has she been supportive in public forums such as this but she’s also been quietly welcoming and interested in how I’m doing on campus.
    I’m rather in awe of her focus, consistency, ability to appear centered while stretching in different directions even more than she’d planned and juggling many things with apparent grace. For these reasons, and more on other levels, I’ve drawn a compass for her and added it to the award.
    Congratulations Elle!
     

    • Oona 08:20 on 25/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Yay Elle. Congrats!

    • Newton 10:19 on 25/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Congratulations Elle, it has been fun visiting your installations at MU as well as at the Cyber Art sim.

    • F33L5 3MPTY 10:44 on 25/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      thanks for everything Elle

    • AlexandreLois1 21:15 on 25/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      totally agree

    • Elle 22:49 on 25/04/2015 Permalink | Reply

      Thank you very much everyone! 🙂

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