Picturing the Paradox

 The state of mind between sleeping and waking is always fraught with paradoxes. Not just the orthodox opposition between the two states, but also all the language - in any language- between the two. Sleepwalking and dreamwalkers, for example, are definitely not the same. A daydream and a waking dream, too, are quite separate states. Or are they? 

Paradoxical Sleep is a collaboration between Nico Kailani, who provided the musical soundtrack to the sim, and Cherry Manga, the builder of the environment. Stream was supplied courtesy Suzi Avonside, and of course the region is part of the gallery complex belonging to Star Ravenhurst, Le Beau Retrouve.

Today was the grand opening of the exhibit, along with the rest of the show in the Gallery building (You may have read this post about Star's project)  and so lots of people jumped over to see what it was all about.

Nico Kailani 

The region comes alive if you turn on the stream, and go out walking on the otherworldly sea, with its many mirrorings. Golden showers (not, not that kind, promise) spring to life as you pass, and there are leaves of exquisite pattern. The gold colored torii, that liminal landmark between the sacred and profane. Don't forget, you always walk just a little to the right or left when you step through a Torii - it shows respect for the spirits.

Cherry Manga (center) and Morlita M (right) at the arrival point on the art sim.

  Imagine walking through the fragile palaces of the imagination, all tinged in turquoise and gold, accompanied by a soundtrack of whispers that sometimes feel like voices and sometimes the sounds of the sea, of notes hovering between the familiar and the uncanny.

The idea of these images is just to give a glimpse, because the build is best when experienced in person.

Since the new PBR viewer is not completely reliable, this build has another duality to it. There are lots of reflective and  shiny surfaces here that only the PBR viewer can see. these photos are taken with an older, reliable non PBR viewer. I asked Cherry if she feels that's a problem, that people may not be viewing her work correctly.

Cherry Manga: it's different... I like both, with and without [PBR], I didn't push the concept, but it may evolve when done here, and when i'll play with the .oar

The event continued with a dance party, tunes courtesy of Rogue Parsons, in the main gallery building on Le Beau Retrouve. Congratulations to Star ravenhurst for pulling together all these various elements and making her gallery regions some of the most interesting in Opensim.

Glamorous Gallery owner, Star Ravenhurst

HG Address  hop://grid.tenthdimension.org:26002/Imagination%20Island/451/136/27