A Special Screening of “Derendered”(with extras!) Saturday 12 noon slt

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Faboo poster by Natascha Randt

Hi friends, family and cast members…this is for you!
Saturday, October 7th, Nat and I have planned a little special screening for you all.
On set, on our home sim, LINC Island, we invite you to:
1. 12:00slt-12:30: Hear a short poetry reading by Karima on stream (20-30 minutes)
2. 12:30-12:40: Hear Nat’s introduction to the screening of our latest film in voice.
3.12:40: The Presentation of our 24th bouncing-baby film,
“Derendered”

4. 12:45- until the moon comes out and the stars fade Celebrating Nat’s 10th Rez Day!
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I will be spinning  a wild playlist of Hippie Nostalgia mixed with Heavy Metal (a nod to Nat:) and there will be DANCING!
Hippie dress is encouraged but not mandatory..Come in comfortable clothes to sit on the ground….colorful dress is also, of course, welcomed
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Here is your LM that will take you to a teleport below. Click me!
Just right-click on it, choose LINC Park Pavilion and Voilá!!
(If you are feeling extremely confused, just ask Nat or me for a tp:)
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So….We hope you will join us for this unique event (poetry & partay) and the screening of our 24th film “Derendered”
We had so much fun making it..Here’s hoping you feel the same when viewing it:):)
See you all Saturday On the set….Try not to miss this one:)

 

 

 

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Into Your Arms

So, I was watching “The Handmaid’s Tale”, riveted and I heard this music playing at the end of Episode 7. As soon as I heard it, I knew it was going to draw a small poem out of me.
You can listen to the music here: “Nothing’s Gonna Hurt You Baby”

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The small poem it inspired is below:


Into Your Arms

In this time of independence, Dutch -treating at the cafe,
everyone is a do-it yourself..and now it’s considered weak to ask for help.
I remember when I was a child… security was the air I breathed.
My parents had all the answers, and I guessed that someday…
they would share them with me.
I thought that life would just go on…
with no surprises.
I believed they would always be close by…
pumping oxygen into my atmosphere.

But they’re gone, and is it wrong to say
I still miss them?
Is it wrong to just want to fall apart in someone’s loving arms
and hear them say,
“Nothing’s gonna hurt you baby”

Karima Hoisan
September 26th 2017
Costa Rica

 

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Recording & Photos of The Circe Reading

Hi all,
I will put a few pictures that Dale, Tysun and Sannie took of my reading, Thank you all for being there and taking them. It was a wonderful audience, and it was so good to see old friends as well as new.
You can download the recording here if you missed it:
Recording at Circe’s 9/16/17

 

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Photo by Sannie

Snapshottysun _ Circe's New Poets Sanctuary, New Brighton, New Bri

Photo by Tysun

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Photo by Sannie

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Photo by Dale

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Photo by Dale

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Photo by Dale

Snapshottysun2 _ Circe's New Poets Sanctuary, New Brighton, New Bri

Photo by Tysun

 

 

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Karima reads at Circe’s 9/16 -6pmslt

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Hi everyone,
I’m back again at Circe’s this Saturday, September 16th at 6pmslt!
I’m hoping a few friends will join me, along with the distinguished Circe’s crowd of poets, artists and all-around interesting people:)
I have planned an eclectic line-up of original poems, some I have not done for a long long time and of course music and imagery to accompany each one. There will be an hour of open-mic starting at 5pm on voice, and I will start at 6pm sharp on the music stream.
Come early and enjoy the open-mic warm up; I will be there too!
I hope you will come to listen and be transported by the magic of poetry.
Here is a Leap-Frog LM to click that will put you atop a nice toadstool for my hour presentation:) If you don’t like clicking links, you can ask me for a TP as long as I have not yet started reading….;)

See you at Circe’s Saturday!

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Center Stage On The Sunset Strip

Where to begin…..?
DB Bailey, Architect David Denton, SL friend and mentor for many years and brilliant visionary, approached Nat and I about doing a video to show a real-life project for The Sunset Strip, in West Hollywood California. He started by saying, “I know you and Nat do not do commercial videos but…..” After listening to his ideas and the project itself, our interest was captured and we said, “We’ll do it!” The rest is history.

This is our first commercial video ever and we actually had fun doing it! Working for DB was just wonderful and in the end, the client was very pleased and everyone lived happily ever after:)
Big thanks to my SL sister Maria Vought and Odracir Wrigglesworth who helped Nat and I give our little commercial pitch a Grand Finale! The virtual scenes were both shot in SL on LINC Island and on David Denton’s site on Kitely – Virtual Worlds on Demand. Many thanks to Dale Innis for making moving cars and textures.

This is not a public YouTube and comments have been disabled. Please feel free to comment here on my blog or let me know in an IM in SL what you think of our first baby steps into Hollywood;) Our little video will be shown to the executives of ABC who are interested in the space, and also to the City of West Hollywood. I almost get giddy when I think of this:)
F
eel free to comment and Like here on the blog, but watch it full-screen on YouTube.

Oh, and we decided now was the time to have a real logo, so we asked our good buddeh, Menubar Memorial, to make it..and he did! Here it is..Thanks again Menu. It’s a beauty:)
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This Too Shall Pass….

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This too shall pass.
Find comfort and sadness here.
The pain will go away…become just a distant memory;
but joy also obeys, pushing cherished memories out to sea on waves
Not in control as we’d like to be because…

This too shall pass…

Don’t fear. The bad times are not forever.
All the scenery’s changing…bad to good, good to bad.
So what was once so vital will shrivel like an autumn leaf.
Conquer fear; place your foot upon it; be the victor
But take a picture because…

this too shall pass….
this too shall pass

Don’t we wish we could make this train
stop at just our stations?
The ones with holy moments on their signs?
Live the good times, the miraculous, love’s surprises,
instead of this local, that also stops at pain, fear and nightmares…?
“Hurry up, let’s get going,”
We close our eyes as we leave it behind.
“Oh, let’s stay here, I love it here!”…and then the grinding of the gears…
We’re moving- moving -moving on

This too shall pass.

Karima Hoisan
July 23, 2017
Costa Rica

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Photos and a Recording from Aux Bains du Paradis

Well the reading I did yesterday was really fun, and I have Natascha Randt to thank for taking some amazingly beautiful pictures at the venue while I was reading. I want to share them all, along with a recording I made of the event. If any of you wanted to come, but couldn’t, just click this link to download and hear the whole hour:) Recording of Reading at Aux Bains Du Paradis
Once again thank you to Kim(kimhanh) for the beautiful Arab-style venue, and to Rob Barber for inviting me to read. It was a magical scenario and I want to thank everyone who supported me by being there.

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Reciting “The Possessive” in front of Jan Bett’s  gorgeous painting,”Dissolving and Becoming”

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The magical atmosphere Kim created

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A poet’s -eye view

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Dale Innis changing the imagery

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I hope they invite me back:) These textures are to die for….

 

 

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Karima Hoisan Reading at Aux Bains du Paradis- Sat.- July 8th-12 noonSlt

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I would like to invite my readers and friends who enjoy my poetry, to a special reading
this Saturday, July 8th at 12pm SLT in Second Life.
I have been invited by the creator of the Baths, Kim (kimhanh) and Sir Rob Barber
See post: Rob Steenhorst’s Art Book-Sporting Life
to read there this Saturday.  This is an adult sim, but Kim has created a lovely
Arab-style living-room setting for my reading, and I am really looking forward
to performing my poetry on stream, with musical accompaniment, at this new venue
with a new audience. I am told that before my reading there will be a showing of the Machinima, Sea Swell by Iono Allen, A short film about the art of Rob Steenhorst, in which I read  my poem ,”Sea Swell,”  inspired by a painting of the same name, by the artist.
After the reading, the baths will be open for bathing, sauna dance and socializing.
Please use this LM  as your taxi to the event. I hope to see you there:)

 

 

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Akoviani”Guide From Beyond” with Karima

Well…this is the music that inspired my latest poem,”From Beyond” I am so very proud to be part of it and that Akoviani chose me to read excerpts from this beautiful Rumi poem. It’s hard to be objective about something you are also involved in, but for me, this piece should be heard by thousands, not hundreds. Please listen to it on YouTube and leave LIKES and comments there and here. Let’s help Akoviani get this amazing and inspiring piece of music out to the world. Pass it on, share it on fb and Twitter and let’s get “Guide From Beyond”  to be heard everywhere. The message and the music are truly healing and magical….let yourself be taken by it. A good headset is my recommendation for listening to it… Don’t forget that:) Akoviani is in Romania and I am in Costa Rica..and here we are together:) For those interested in how we met, please see the post, “Catharsis and Serendipity” Help spread the word and let Akoviani know what you think of it.

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From Beyond

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‘Diaphanous Muse’ (2013) by William Oxer

From Beyond

for Akoviani

Clear-eyed she channeled the universe in the middle of the night.
Sometimes it took a special beat, a certain hypnotic twist of wrist,
when the matrix door cracked open; only then… she could begin.

Music, like manna, had to fall to her ears, loop her into ecstasy.
Feverishly and unconsciously each note turned into stars and scribbled nebulas;
whoever started the wheel rolling, she just kept it going.

If she thought at all, the process she rode, would let her fall.
White -outing her mind, she swayed, to let the letters play in the rain.
Mouth tilted to the sky, she swallowed a poem whole…until, out it flowed.

Not every composition held her kind of verse inside, or made her sigh.
Not every creative vessel, was her magic flute, her juicy fruit.
Not every sheet of music, uncovered her muse, and coaxed her into dance.

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