Scenes and Dreams on ArtDestiny

 The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; 
but still there is much that is fair,

 and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, 

it grows perhaps the greater,

JRR Tolkien, Lord of the Rings Book 2 Chapter 6

We visited ArtDestiny grid this week as our first stop, (HG Address as usual at the end of this post) in part to congratulate this group of friends for the 5th anniversary of their grid, but also to witness some of the remarkable creations to be found here. If you've read tis blog before you will be familiar with Stormy Scorpio and her regions on the grid that have an ingenious duality. 

Stormy Scorpio on Lothlorien

High in the sky - no, in outer space, perhaps would be a better way to put it - you'll find a dozen Star Trek spaceships, explorable and fully loaded. At ground level, and working kind of like the holodeck environments from Star Trek TNG, you have a gently glamorous landscape, full of elven architecture.

LMs for our trips are in this simple, giant prim at the HG Safari clubhouse 'waiting room'

But of course, before that, we all met up at the clubhouse on HG safari grid. Some folks arrive plenty early so they can get the LMs and have a chat before we depart for our first stop, but there's also a rush of folks in the four or five minutes before go time. If you arrive a little late, or maybe can make just the second hour, don't worry, you can still grab the landmarks and join us, the more the merrier!

Thirza Ember: hello Isabelle,  you have the LMs ok?

Isabelle Sun[de>en]: I only have this one from  OSW 

Thirza Ember: in this prim, the Lms for today...

Isabelle Sun[de>en]: bought :-)

Thirza Ember:  sometimes, there is a last minute change, for that reason I do not publish the full destinations in social media, it would be too complicated to go around and modify the publicity everywhere, so to try to avoid confusion, the only place where you can get  the guaranteed correct destinations is in this box

 Isabelle Sun[de>en]: Okay, that's well organized

ArtDestiny Turns Five

This month, ArtDestiny grid celebrates five years of fun, art, and contributions to the Opensim community. It was fifteen years ago, back in 2011, that RL couple Loru and Tryad found their way to OpenSim.  

Like so many of us, they were previously in Second Life, and after making 'the great leap' they made their home on OSGrid. 

While everyone on ArtDestiny grid is a talented and valued opensimmer, cultivating a wonderful sense of international camaraderie, there's no doubt that Loru is outstanding, and is a much loved figure across Opensim. She has always given so much time and so much of her talent, patience, and understanding to our community, I'm a huge fan not only of what she has achieved, but the way in which she has done it. 

At the Hypergrid International Expo conference last year she gave a wonderful talk about the need for tolerance, for embracing the opportunities of virtual worlds and living our best life here rather than trying to bully others into conforming with our prejudices or ideas, or trying to turn a misunderstanding or a difference of opinion into some pointless drama. As if the world didn't have enough drama. Loru's words and wisdom often come to mind when I come across someone who wants to play pixel police across the hypergrid, I admire her very much. 

Best Resort

Our first stop this 6th week of the season was on sim Lothlorien, by Stormy Scorpio. We were there to see a piece of Star Trek paradise....

Moses and Stormy

Stormy Scorpio: welcome to Risa Forest... this is the ruins

Thirza Ember: the spaceship in the sky is so startling!

Stormy Scorpio: it is hovering over the planet,  hehe, a lot of shore leave right now

Star Ravenhurst: It looks fabulous up there! Beam me up Scotty!

Stormy Scorpio: I hope you all enjoy exploring risa there is a lot to see

Ankh Senaton: the pleasure planet ;)

Loru Destiny[de→en]: I like the story from Star Trek as a Picard on Risa vacation, very much

Lavia Lavine : Spock was my favorite character.

Loru Destiny: live long and prosper Lavia :-)

James Atlloud: Spock was a breath of fresh air to my young self.

Forest Azure: you have a young self, James?

James Atlloud: I do, really I do.

Nothing's Nicer than Risa

Sun, sand, and spaceships. And some pretty big Horga'hns

Notes on a Safari

 This week two great musical guests, Joao Frazao and Moses Rae. Dang, even their names are musical. As usual HG addresses are at the end of the post.

Starting with destination two in this post, just to mess with your head. 

Fatal Attraction

Frank Gresham: Yay for opensim 

There is crazy good and crazy bad. We all know that. Second Life has been, for many of us, crazy Good, in its way. It was thus for Safari regular Loru Destiny and the three friends who, together with her, form the heart and soul of ArtDestiny grid, our first destination this week. It's a very attractive combination of so much art and beauty that for us to visit, it has to be fate. Addresses, as always, at the end of the post.

          

             We teleported over and arrived in a large, airy art gallery, everyone rezzing pretty quickly considering how many we were, and that it was not a great night for the internet. The whole visit was so well organized, it was pure pleasure to meet our hosts and take a tour around Spooky City.