I would like to ask to the readers of the may last article, “First Life Experience”, some questions.
Did you ever think that SL could be a simulator?
What do you think about SL as a simulator?
Did you learn more about yourself using SL?
Please leave your comment if you think you could share with others. It might help someone.
Sunday, June 1, 2008
First Life Experience – interview.
This was one of my recent article for déjà vu magazine. Hope you all enjoy, and if you do please leave a comment.
First Life Experience – interview.
Text: Anna Avalanche and Liane Maertens
Annacarol and Anna Avalanche Photography from: Gutta Teichmann
Liane Photography from: Raffaelo Robbiani
Models: Anna Avalanche, Annacarol Beanazzi, Liane Maertens
Edition for the Déjà vu Magazine: Dodd Roff
The “Olimpo girl 2008” (Garota Olimpo 2008), was a model contest in the Brasil Rio Island organized by AQUILES Amat. This was my – Anna Avalanche - first experience judging a beauty contest, the first contest for Annacarol, and the first international journalist article for Liane. When I realize it I change a bit this text. This is an article about first experience. Normally we get confuse, impatient and stressed when doing things you never did before. Well, Second life as a simulator can help us if used to get a background experience for our life.
This will be an article divide in two parts. The first one, journalist Anna and Liane are also interview about first experience. In the second part the “Olimpo girl 2008” is interview.
How was your first experience as a journalist?
Liane Maertens: Was really great to write my first article for an important magazine, when Anna asked I was a bit unsure if I could make it, but I decided to accept the challenge. I work as a model for a long time at Second Life and was first time I went to a show to cover the backstage and the make off. I was very welcome by the models and the owner of the agency, what made my job easy, all the girls and mostly the winner helped me a lot. Anacarol was very nice answering my questions and was really easy for me to write it down. I really hope more jobs like this and to work for the magazine once more, the experience was really great.
How was your first experience judging a beauty contest?
Anna Avalanche: From the pedagogic perspective a simulator permit learners to feel moments deeply. These simulations require activation of cognitive complex process. When using a simulator we need to recovery information from the memory. Simulators like Second Life help develop strategies to solve problems, make decision faster, formulate hypothesis that anticipate reactions. All this prevents us to be wounded. Well at least physical injured because we use a simulator of course. This is not truth to some people that really leave the moment so intensive that fiction became reality in their minds.
I have been in some contest as a model. The ones I lost I learned more about me and Second life beauty contest. This time I was the judge. The experience was very nice, but hard. I didn’t expect that it was so hard to judge the winner; even so I was only one of the tan judges. I realize that we can have nice experience in Second Life. We can try different situations that never had chance to occur in real life. This could be personal relation, work, and any kind of creation. This new situations can have different approaches. I really believe we should learn more about us, and the Second Life as a simulator can help people to learn more about themselves and about life situations. If you use this as a tool to achieve a higher knowledge for your life this is good. The problem is that some people get upset because lost a contest that is virtual. Sometimes people get so much involved in Second Life and forget this is just a 3D simulator. Anyhow we learn even form a great lost and difficulty but, using a simulator is less painful sometimes.
As Annacarol Beanazzi is from Italy and is the winner of “GAROTA OLIMPO 2008” she deserves a special interview with more questions. We all want to know a little bit more about her.
How was your first experience in a beauty contest?
Annacarol Beanazzi: I liked, this added knowledge on my model career. I learned good and bad things. But this show me how to proceed. The good ones and nice ones certainly serves as stimulus. Therefore I think that I learned even winning the “GAROTA OLIMPO 2008”. With certainty it was a wonderful experience. I like to thank very much everyone in the contest for my first experience in this journey inside Second Life.
How you define yourself?
Annacarol Beanazzi: I am friendly and companion, sincere and calm. I love to make friends I try not to harm people, but if happens I have no shame in ask for forgiveness. I prefer simple and practice things. The nature is something extraordinaire. I love the sea!
I believe at the dialog as the most efficient way to solve problems and conflicts. I early learned that things we won with honesty and dedication is what brings us happiness, because I understand that the human being is moved by dreams and desires. Thus, here and at my real life I try to work to win my own space, always respecting the others. After all, I understand life as a continuous construction, where we have to plant our garden now, looking always forward, never behind, seeing the flowers grow day by day. God gave us all the tools we needed is just know how to use them. Bacioneee ^Ä^
From all things you did and do, would you change something?
Annacarol Beanazzi: No. I always think very much and I do very well until the end and I never regret after.
How is the rhythm of your life as GAROTA OLIMPO 2008?
Annacarol Beanazzi: Until now is normal. The contest ended and the life goes on. I still need to walk a lot. And this was just first step of a long walk. I know that I have still too much to walk and win. The title was great, I loved to win. After all was for that I invested and battled, but I have conscience that only the title isn’t enough, I know that helps a lot but I still need to run after and keep walking.
What is the most difficult part of being the GAROTA OLIMPO?
Annacarol Beanazzi: Well the most difficult is to show that you are more than a beautiful face. Show that you have brains and a goal as a professional.
You want to participate in other contests?
Annacarol Beanazzi: Yes, if I have the opportunity and if I think It is worth. Not anyone, but serious contest as Olimpo. And congratulations to everybody there!
What were the aspects that motivated you to participate at the contest?
Annacarol Beanazzi: Well I always loved fashion. And when I saw myself at second life I decided to practice the dream of being a model, I needed at my second life to have a profession then I decided to invest in this and I liked.
This article has been sponsored by SMASH - Heart Lovenest Premium House – you can buy one at: AA Trade Company, Cleary (128,128,0)
and GUTTA PHOTO STUDIO, Menfis (217, 12, 21) where you can make a beautiful book with ten pictures for only 5,000 L$
For more pictures and information see:
English blog: http://annaavalanche.blogspot.com/
Portuguese blog: http://dejavu-intl-portuguese.blogspot.com/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annaavalanche/
First Life Experience – interview.
Text: Anna Avalanche and Liane Maertens
Annacarol and Anna Avalanche Photography from: Gutta Teichmann
Liane Photography from: Raffaelo Robbiani
Models: Anna Avalanche, Annacarol Beanazzi, Liane Maertens
Edition for the Déjà vu Magazine: Dodd Roff
The “Olimpo girl 2008” (Garota Olimpo 2008), was a model contest in the Brasil Rio Island organized by AQUILES Amat. This was my – Anna Avalanche - first experience judging a beauty contest, the first contest for Annacarol, and the first international journalist article for Liane. When I realize it I change a bit this text. This is an article about first experience. Normally we get confuse, impatient and stressed when doing things you never did before. Well, Second life as a simulator can help us if used to get a background experience for our life.
This will be an article divide in two parts. The first one, journalist Anna and Liane are also interview about first experience. In the second part the “Olimpo girl 2008” is interview.
How was your first experience as a journalist?
Liane Maertens: Was really great to write my first article for an important magazine, when Anna asked I was a bit unsure if I could make it, but I decided to accept the challenge. I work as a model for a long time at Second Life and was first time I went to a show to cover the backstage and the make off. I was very welcome by the models and the owner of the agency, what made my job easy, all the girls and mostly the winner helped me a lot. Anacarol was very nice answering my questions and was really easy for me to write it down. I really hope more jobs like this and to work for the magazine once more, the experience was really great.
How was your first experience judging a beauty contest?
Anna Avalanche: From the pedagogic perspective a simulator permit learners to feel moments deeply. These simulations require activation of cognitive complex process. When using a simulator we need to recovery information from the memory. Simulators like Second Life help develop strategies to solve problems, make decision faster, formulate hypothesis that anticipate reactions. All this prevents us to be wounded. Well at least physical injured because we use a simulator of course. This is not truth to some people that really leave the moment so intensive that fiction became reality in their minds.
I have been in some contest as a model. The ones I lost I learned more about me and Second life beauty contest. This time I was the judge. The experience was very nice, but hard. I didn’t expect that it was so hard to judge the winner; even so I was only one of the tan judges. I realize that we can have nice experience in Second Life. We can try different situations that never had chance to occur in real life. This could be personal relation, work, and any kind of creation. This new situations can have different approaches. I really believe we should learn more about us, and the Second Life as a simulator can help people to learn more about themselves and about life situations. If you use this as a tool to achieve a higher knowledge for your life this is good. The problem is that some people get upset because lost a contest that is virtual. Sometimes people get so much involved in Second Life and forget this is just a 3D simulator. Anyhow we learn even form a great lost and difficulty but, using a simulator is less painful sometimes.
As Annacarol Beanazzi is from Italy and is the winner of “GAROTA OLIMPO 2008” she deserves a special interview with more questions. We all want to know a little bit more about her.
How was your first experience in a beauty contest?
Annacarol Beanazzi: I liked, this added knowledge on my model career. I learned good and bad things. But this show me how to proceed. The good ones and nice ones certainly serves as stimulus. Therefore I think that I learned even winning the “GAROTA OLIMPO 2008”. With certainty it was a wonderful experience. I like to thank very much everyone in the contest for my first experience in this journey inside Second Life.
How you define yourself?
Annacarol Beanazzi: I am friendly and companion, sincere and calm. I love to make friends I try not to harm people, but if happens I have no shame in ask for forgiveness. I prefer simple and practice things. The nature is something extraordinaire. I love the sea!
I believe at the dialog as the most efficient way to solve problems and conflicts. I early learned that things we won with honesty and dedication is what brings us happiness, because I understand that the human being is moved by dreams and desires. Thus, here and at my real life I try to work to win my own space, always respecting the others. After all, I understand life as a continuous construction, where we have to plant our garden now, looking always forward, never behind, seeing the flowers grow day by day. God gave us all the tools we needed is just know how to use them. Bacioneee ^Ä^
From all things you did and do, would you change something?
Annacarol Beanazzi: No. I always think very much and I do very well until the end and I never regret after.
How is the rhythm of your life as GAROTA OLIMPO 2008?
Annacarol Beanazzi: Until now is normal. The contest ended and the life goes on. I still need to walk a lot. And this was just first step of a long walk. I know that I have still too much to walk and win. The title was great, I loved to win. After all was for that I invested and battled, but I have conscience that only the title isn’t enough, I know that helps a lot but I still need to run after and keep walking.
What is the most difficult part of being the GAROTA OLIMPO?
Annacarol Beanazzi: Well the most difficult is to show that you are more than a beautiful face. Show that you have brains and a goal as a professional.
You want to participate in other contests?
Annacarol Beanazzi: Yes, if I have the opportunity and if I think It is worth. Not anyone, but serious contest as Olimpo. And congratulations to everybody there!
What were the aspects that motivated you to participate at the contest?
Annacarol Beanazzi: Well I always loved fashion. And when I saw myself at second life I decided to practice the dream of being a model, I needed at my second life to have a profession then I decided to invest in this and I liked.
This article has been sponsored by SMASH - Heart Lovenest Premium House – you can buy one at: AA Trade Company, Cleary (128,128,0)
and GUTTA PHOTO STUDIO, Menfis (217, 12, 21) where you can make a beautiful book with ten pictures for only 5,000 L$
For more pictures and information see:
English blog: http://annaavalanche.blogspot.com/
Portuguese blog: http://dejavu-intl-portuguese.blogspot.com/
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/annaavalanche/
Saturday, May 31, 2008
*TIMESCAPE*
Dexter Ihnen aka Dexter Moore
CD *TIMESCAPE* Launch Event June 1st at 7pm
Location: Home of the Kampers, Gwampa Kamp (130, 128, 701)
On April 9 2008 Dexter recorded his new CD ‘TIMESCAPE’ Live at Damien Gerard Studios, Sydney. He was joined by Dave Bennett on Drums. Both audio & video of the whole event was streamed live into the virtual world of ‘Second Life’ to a rapt international audience - creating a unique environment in which to record.
The musicality achieved speaks for itself. Dexter's musical roots are deeply immersed in Soul, Funk, Jazz and Latin music. Interestingly also, is the fact that his guitar style is based upon the inspiration derived from 4 particular bass players! It is from these players, Classic Latin Music and 70's Jazz/Rock Fusion that he moulded his most original way of playing Nylon String Acoustic Guitar the way that he does, and in a way that has brought so much acclaim.
All that, now driven with powerhouse drum rhythms by Dave Bennett is the next step of Dexter's' musical journey, and this is presented exquisitely in ‘TIMESCAPE’
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The Artist Dexter Ihnen / Dexter Moore
http://www.dexonyx.com
Press & Awards:
21ST CENTURY TROUBADOR
RnB SONG OF THE YEAR ABC NEWCASTLE MUSIC AWARDS 2007
ALBUM OF THE YEAR '97 DOLPHIN AWARDS
SONG OF THE YEAR '97 NOMINATION DOLPHIN AWARDS
BEST JAZZ SONG '97 NOMINATION DOLPHIN AWARDS
BEST MALE VOCAL '97 NOMINATION DOLPHIN AWARDS
SONG OF THE YEAR '98 DOLPHIN AWARDS
BEST MALE VOCAL 2000 NOMINATION QRA AWARDS
BEST GOSPEL SONG 2000 NOMINATION QRA AWARDS
SONG OF THE YEAR 'COFFEE HOUSE' 2002 AUSTRALIAN SONGWRITERS ASSC.
3RD SONG OF THE YEAR 'POP BALLAD' 2002 AUSTRALIAN SONGWRITERS ASSC.
FINALIST SONG OF THE YEAR ' MOVING BREEZE' 2002 AUSTRALIAN SONGWRITERS ASSC.
TITLE TRACK 'MOVING BREEZE' ON THE 2002 ABC RADIO REGIONAL ARTISTS COMPILATION CD
REPEATEDLY #1 SOUL ARTIST ON MP3.COM.AU.
#1 SONG 'THE SACRED LOTUS' ON THE MP3.COM SOUL CHARTS
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Dexter Ihnen aka Dexter Moore
CD *TIMESCAPE* Launch Event June 1st at 7pm
Underwater
more of the underwater marvels one can find in Winterfell, originally uploaded by Wildstar Beaumont.
My home region of Winterfell is a region of many wonders and lovely people, and still presents many surprises in the most remote corners. In particular the underwater part of the sims shows a beautiful environment that would make happy both humans and mermaids :)
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Winterfell%20Amaranthine/128/128/0
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
SANA MODELS SHOW- The Maseno Project
I am very happy to invite all our bloggers to join me at a very special fashion show and auction - June 1, 2008 at Noon SL time, a charity fashion show at the lovely KJAZZ Club.
I met Abbie Reinard (model, writer and activist) and she told me about The Maseno Project, in a small village 20 miles west of Maseno, just north of the lakeside city, Kisumu, in Western Kenya where due to AIDS pandemic, a lot of children have been orphaned and they have no relatives or any means of support to even meet their basic necessities of food, clothing, shelter and education. The Maseno Project is an intimate charity whereby people's donations make significant impact on particular lives.
This is a self-funded integrated community based project to establish education bursary plans for orphans, youth, the destitute and special cases such as the blind, deaf and the lame. And provide health care for the above groups. The centre has one ongoing activity early childhood education program which has 30 children, mainly orphans.
The idea of the show started when Abbie met Keely LeFavre (supermodel, blogger and businesswoman) during a modeling contest and this idea of holding a charity show for the children of Maseno in SL came eventually as they went on from becoming contestants to best friends. Keely LeFavre and Sana Models are presenting this charity fashion show inorder to raise funds for these orphaned children.
The show will consist of 6 of the hottest SL models showing creations from 6 amazing SL Designers. Immediately after the show, an auction will take place for one outfit from each designer. All donations and proceeds will go directly to the Maseno Project.
The show promises to be something truly special and has attracted designers who rank among the most elite in Second Life's fabulously thriving digital fashion industry: Callie Cline (Callifornia), Giana Paine (GiGi couture) Sissy Pessoa (BAIASTICE), Bianca Foulon (biancaF.), Stiletto Moody (Stiletto Moody Shoes) and Omnia Oh (Beauty Avatar). The auction at the conclusion of the show will include 4 full outfits including skin and shoes. These outfits will be only one of a kind!
Event Date and Information:
*Date: June 01, 2008
*Time: 12PM SLT
*Host: Abbie Reinard & Keely LeFavre
*DJ: Giela Delpaso
*Location:
*Auction begins: 1PM
For more information on this visit http://masenoproject.blogspot.com/
or contact Abbie Reinard (in world) abbiereinard@gmail.com
Monday, May 26, 2008
Blackspot Shipyard
I love places where vessels are in display and for sale
The Blackspot Shipyard is really wonderful
http://slurl.com/seconslife/Black%20Spot%20/148/161/24/
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
***1st Rezzday Party Music Hyun***
1st Rezzday Party Music Hyun
~~~* p_OO_f * Gallery ~~~
This came from Music Hyun one of the best artist from SL and owner of the p_OO_f gallery
You are warmly invited to my 1st rezzday Party on Friday, May 23rd from 3pm - 6pm SLT:
3pm - The awsome DJ Kace Box will spread his cool choones and athmosphere for us - woooooot - da partyyyy man is in for 2 hours!!!
5pm - The night will be crowned by the funkylicious one and only Dexter Ihnen - YAY!!!
And let´s see what else comes to my mind :)
~~~* p_OO_f * Gallery ~~~
This came from Music Hyun one of the best artist from SL and owner of the p_OO_f gallery
You are warmly invited to my 1st rezzday Party on Friday, May 23rd from 3pm - 6pm SLT:
3pm - The awsome DJ Kace Box will spread his cool choones and athmosphere for us - woooooot - da partyyyy man is in for 2 hours!!!
5pm - The night will be crowned by the funkylicious one and only Dexter Ihnen - YAY!!!
And let´s see what else comes to my mind :)
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