“Festival of Love” Comes to LINC Island Friday Oct. 18th 1:30-2pmslt

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Karima Hoisan

One of the great things about having an International film partner (Natascha Randt-Germany) is that every once in awhile, I get to partake in Music, Art and festivities, I would normally not even know about in Second Life.
This Friday, October 18th at 1:30pm-2:00pmslt, Nat is hosting a 30- minute segment of the very popular and well-attended ” Festival der Liebe” (Festival of Love) lovingly referred to as “FdL” She has built a great little movie theater in one of her hangars up at her airport, on skybox level of my sim, LINC Island, and will be addressing a group of enthusiastic film buffs and interested spectators, about a few of our combined projects, specifically, “Follow Me!” and “Blur” If time permits, she is planning on showing a teaser of our soon-to-be-released, “Drink Me With your Eyes.” which will be coming to YouTube soon (as soon as two perfectionists like Nat and I think it is finally ready *smiles)

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Sohi Moo, organizer of FdL, in rez with Nat and I onlooking…

FdL is a German event of culture and art in virtual worlds. The theme of this year’s event is “Pixel Thoughts”.
Organized by Brennende Buchstaben and SecondRadio,
it takes place in Second Life and the Metropolis Grid from the 17th – 21st of October, 2013. There are readings (mostly in German, naturally) concerts and exhibitions. Every 30 minutes you can meet another artist.
 
Born in 2011, this year marks the third FdL event . The idea behind it, besides entertainment,  is to meet other artists and organizers and get fresh ideas, perhaps even work together on new projects.
All artists present their own work, novels, pictures, compositions, art, comedy, short stories and so on.

The essence

Natsker’s Hot Pink Phantom F-4 with my little desert FrogFoot in the background at Hangar Kino

Nat’s sleek shark-nosed Phantom F-4 and my little desert-toned FrogFoot parked  just off the runway at Hangar Kino will welcome you when you arrive above.
Vi & Vo Line -Visualizer & Vocalizer (Nat & I:) born on our last project “Window on a Train” is still alive and well and graces the Hangar Cinema.
Come and join us. Wear a translator and enjoy all of it to the fullest.
More information on Nat’s blog post (in German):

Here is your private Lear Jet which will take you to Ground Level on LINC Island. Just use the Tp to get to the airport above (or holler to Nat or me, and we will bring you up personally…. but just come and enjoy The Festival of Love on LINC!
Private Lear jet for FdL

Here are a few follow- up photos. It was a great event, 26 were present and all enjoyed Nat’s presentation and our movies.

wouldn't you know, it poured.....

Wouldn’t you know, it poured…..

It let up...just in time, and the audience was nice and dry.

It let up…just in time, and the audience was nice and dry.

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Suspend!

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Karima Hoisan
Hang from me...

Hang from me…

Suspend!
Hang from me for just a few moments.
Suspend your disbelief; of course I’m here!
There might be an infinite pile of pieces
but you’ll know mine,
by the smell, the shape, the attitude.
You could find me in a flooded river
and I would be that log on which you cling.
You could find me in the blackest night;
drop down and extend your arms,
I’m that glow before you on the road.
You and I, we make the picture complete.
I’m sure we were the last two pieces
the puzzler kept inside his chest…
right next to his infinite heart.

Karima Hoisan
October 8th 2013
S.I. Costa Rica

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The Random Generosity Drop

Posted on September 26, 2013 by Karima Hoisan

Sometimes ideas are born without even thinking about them. This one was, and I want to share it, because I think it might have an easy universal appeal. It’s a win-win-win kind of thing. Everyone wins, and directly two will know why, and one, will just see it as some good luck.
Sooo….you have someone who is having a birthday, or a special holiday, or a commemoration, and you want to acknowledge that. Gifts that run in the $5-$10 range would be considered pretty cheap, and perhaps not worth giving. You might have to go out and shop for something a lot more expensive, and they might already have two of them, or not really like it or have one put away in the closet. I can assure you this gift idea would not have that problem, and it costs only between $5-$10. It’s all up to you.
Here are the steps:
1. You take a bill from your local currency, inside that price range and you write (depending on the occasion for the gift)
“Happy birthday So and So and to the one who finds this Good Luck”
2. Take a picture of the bill with the inscription and after step 3, send it to the one you dedicated it to.
3. Go into your town, and stealthily (so no one will give it back to you) let it drop on the sidewalk….and keep on walking.
That’s all there’s to it.
If you are in France, write it in French, in the USA..well leave your message in English. The important thing is: Whoever finds the bill will be happy. They will read it out of curiosity and they will wish your friend a….
“Happy Birthday” “Happy Anniversary” “Merry Christmas” etc.
Somehow this random inter-connectedness feels so beautifully Cosmic, almost like a singing telegram, because a smiling stranger, or should I say, “yet-unknown-friend” will happily say the greeting!
A $5 bill found on the ground is worth more than $5. It is worth the positive thought that “This was their lucky day”
It’s random, and maybe some more deserving people will find it than others, but that is not the point. All who find it (deserving or not:) will be happy and will say the greeting with good cheer and a smile on their face.
When you send the picture, just say where you dropped it and that is the whole gift.
I include one I did in Spanish in my town, for a friend ( I erased the name here to protect anonymity:) who had a birthday. He really appreciated his gift and also did one on his own..and this is how it can spread. If you get one, give one..and pass it on. They make great thank you notes too:)

For _____ on his birthday and who finds it, The Luck"

For _____ on his birthday and who finds it, The Luck” (5000 colones=$10)

...and for who finds it"

For ____…and for who finds it”

The inscription can be what you want it to be, just make sure the person finding the bill, realizes it was a premeditated drop. The rest is up to beautiful random fate!
Let me know if you like the idea…and if you do, let me know when you do one:)

Natascha just posted this on her German Blog:) I love her choice of words:)
See her whole post on it *Translate in Google:) here: http://aetherisavidi.wordpress.com/2013/09/27/ein-kleines-stuck-vom-gluck/

Natascha's Gift to her Dad

Natascha’s Gift to her Dad

 
Darauf habe ich das gekritzelt: “Für Papa
Du hast mich gefunden! Das war der Plan, ein kleines Stück vom Glück.”
Then I scribbled this: “For Dad
You’ve found me! That was the plan, a little piece of happiness. ”
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Anyone else? I will add them here whenever you send me an image or a blog post

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A Flower-Pocket Garden

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Karima Hoisan
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…but then a flower begins to bloom inside your pocket…

A Flower Pocket Garden

In the dark and quiet moment of a rainy morning,
There is some sunlight to be found inside my heart,
And although I’ve encountered much that’s disappointing
There are still some miracles that set a day apart.

The planned things, have their value and their order
So solid and secure with each week mirroring the last,
But then a flower begins to bloom inside your pocket,
Where you never thought to find it, as you sowed your seed on grass.

If you carefully reach in and touch the petals and the stem,
You will see it’s as real as those well-known gardens pruned before you,
Where rose bushes do not change and marigolds are playing with light,
This flower is impossible, yet it lives to let you know you’ll make it through.

Love shows itself sometimes in brash and boasting elegant bouquets.
It comes with chocolate candies and cards and midnight dates.
But on those rainy mornings, it might come in such an unexpected way,
by flowering in your pocket, bringing hope of an unseen better fate. 

Karima Hoisan
September 16th 2013
LINC Island SL

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Kitely Worlds Showcase on Kitely – Virtual Worlds on Demand

Posted on September 13, 2013 by Karima Hoisan

Not sure how to begin this post without sounding like I am blowing a very blaringly immodest horn, but really I just want to share the miracle..that somehow fate made me a “builder” on the virtual alternative and growing world of Kitely- Virtual Worlds on Demand.

Kitely Worlds Showcase

Kitely Worlds Showcase

I have told this story and several variations of it before, over the past two years. I “blame” my sudden impulse to create virtual worlds on my friend and mentor DB Bailey.
DB (David Denton Architect in RL) who is always ahead of just about everyone,and invited me to come see a world he was building on a place called Kitely, that at that moment was in beta testing, and was inviting people to come create anything they wanted at absolutely no cost.

Dogwood by David Denton

Dogwood by David Denton

I will include here a small machinima I made for DB and this world (in my very primitive and novice style) below:

Now, two years later, I have many worlds that I created on Kitely, and Kitely has grown up and out of beta testing stage, and has begun its metamorphosis into a thriving virtual community (Complete with its own Marketplace.)
Yesterday I got an email from one of my oldest friends on Kitely – Virtual Worlds on Demand, Lawrence Pierce who is owner and creator of “Serenity Island,”  one of the most beautiful worlds to be found there, telling me about the creation of a Welcome Center and a place that housed and Showcased some of the more interesting worlds.

Lawrence Pierce's "Serenity Island"

Lawrence Pierce’s “Serenity Island”

Below I will do a bit of my own Showcasing and show you some more of my favorites too:

"Transgenia" by Daniel Hoffman.

“Transgenia” by Daniel Hoffman.

Daniel also paid my world “Float” a visit and we struck up a friendship.
Mat Mahogany, another Kitely friend, who is a real builder has some great worlds to explore.

"Butterfly Cove"

“Butterfly Cove” by Mat Mahogany

The most loved creator perhaps (surely in my book) has to be Linda Kellie because her hundreds- closer- to -thousands of very useful and beautiful merchandise was given away freely to everyone in her Mall and other locations. Before Linda, I had to invent my clothes, my furniture, and my everything, and she was the first to say, “Here, use any of this if you like” to the whole virtual community at large. I love that kind of pure generosity.

Linda Kellie

Thank you Linda Kellie!

“Evergreen” by Devokan Trust is a nice steampunk serene atmosphere to explore:

"Evergreen" by devokan Trust

“Evergreen” by Devokan Trust

Now… to the immodest boasting part… Lawrence Pierce said he was very happy to find along one side of the showcase area, an entire wall of my worlds.

A wall of frenzied inspiration...

A wall of frenzied inspiration...


There they were, sure enough, when I came in today to see the installation. Five worlds, five obsessive passions of a poet who never thought she could build, and yet on Kitely she went almost crazy building one themed installation after another. I give them to you below:

"Between The Profound and The Profane"

“Between The Profound and The Profane”

"Beyond Sebgram X-99"

“Beyond Sebgram X-99”

"Deeper"

“Deeper”

“Deeper” has its own crudely but lovingly made machinina too, which you can see below”

"Float" my personal dark favorite

“Float” my personal dark favorite

My last world along the wall is this one below. It was my 2nd build, and also one of my more “normal… less dark and more romantic ones”

"Water & Glass"

“Water and Glass”

"Water and Glass"

“Water and Glass”

I want to thank Ilan Tochner, CEO of Kitely – Virtual Worlds on Demand and my very first friend more than two years ago too, for the honor of including 5 of my worlds (I have created 8 in all) in this tasteful exhibition of a selection of public Kitely worlds at the Welcome Center. The whole installation is serene and well done, and I invite you all to come see it and wander over to the Kitely Worlds Showcase and visit and click on one of them to teleport to it and explore. I promise you, if you can make a prim, it would be worth your while to get your own world, and let your imagination out to romp and play. I did…and look what happened:)
Just Click here to go to Kitely Welcome Center

Open your eyes inside the virtual...You’ll never close them again:)

 

 

 

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Oh! Is Shark Week Over?? Oh well…

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Karima Hoisan
A Virtual Sharknado !

A Virtual Sharknado!

Well, of course I was titillated by the idea of a “Sharknado”… combining a couple of humanity’s worst fears into a near-perfect storm and a very silly, exaggerated, but entertaining movie. After getting hold of a copy and watching it (Don’t ask!) I was inspired to try to do something, but wasn’t sure how to approach it when Nat came through with her own version of a group of sharks spinning counter-clockwise in a quick rotation.

Dancing with sharks..keep your legs in

Dancing with sharks..keep your legs in!


So being a non-builder, but a clever work-arounder, I faked the rest, and now there is an amazing Sharknado spinning ominously out in my Bay. It actually looks not bad, and my point of this post, is to invite you to see it. You will land at the lighthouse, which is also the gateway to a pretty nice and romantic underwater area, I have carved out below.

nado

Hop off the dock and explore underwater..but do heed the sign!

I am also proud to announce we have a shark cannon, that shoots sharks of course, but not at them,  just using them as cannon balls (no sharks are harmed) and that is thanks to Dale Innis.
Plus we have the very trending-now..”Indonesian Walking Sharks” that might walk up a hill under your watchful observation. Just keep an eye out they don’t walk under your chair.

evolving right before your eyes....

evolving right before your eyes….

Last but certainly not least, as it is a whole sim of sharks, I invite you to come to my world on Kitely, “Float” and float with the sharks at night in the middle of the ocean. If you never have been to Kitely – Virtual  Worlds on Demand, this could be a very memorable introduction..a heart palpitating experience, to be sure.
Jump in a boat and float.

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You land in the middle of a shark-infested ocean…

Let the nightmare begin... on Float...

Let the nightmare begin…
on Float…

So, as you see Shark Week goes on and on in my virtual worlds. If you happened to not have gotten enough of it, please come anytime and partake in my contributions to the theme.
Here are two landmarks you can use for visiting.

Sharknado-LINC Island Second Life- click here
Float – Kitely Virtual Worlds on Demand- click here

Link to a great movie Nat made on Float: “This is just a Nightmare” – click here

Hope to run into you there soon:)


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Downstream

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Karima Hoisan
Sotillos River by Manuel Sosa (oil on canvas)

Sotillos River by Manuel Sosa
(oil on canvas)

Downstream
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The river moves downstream,
silver liquid, self replenishing,
bleached white foam,
surfs the baby waves.
It is the way.
Pulling anything
that frees itself from shore,

It is the only way.

Downstream….
over moss rocks, crystalline transport,
birds call, wind rises,
every leaf and branch slightly sway.
It’s on its way.
It knows things that I once knew
but having stayed on shore too long
they’ve been forgotten.
.
Benign hypnotic burbling,
no flash floods of surprise and mud,
this moment is only about
filling the air with
gentle roaring, lullaby of movement,
like Life itsel,f liquid fluxing carrier,
all onwards downwards, downstream.
It is the way, making its way down.
“Don’t resist the ride”
it shouts at me above its roar,
“You’re no gray slate boulder
or sun’s hot plate, clinging to shore,
not rock foundation digging in and holding on,
nor a wet sleek bullet of underwater resistance.
“Let go and float,
without filling your pockets
with self defeating stones
that shorten your journey
and plant yourself in pebble- bottomed tombs.
Your destiny is waiting in the stream;
it’s not the way, no river grave your doom”
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I hear the constant burble burble
and now I’m letting go,
floating, orbiting, a non -bursting bubble.
It is my way, taking me downstream.
If I am well- constructed from the elements,
If I am made for buoyancy,
then easy be my watery passage left.
It is the way, this way on river’s ceaseless quest,
to float in free repose, downstream,
infused by spirit’s breath.
To know that I’m expected
at the river’s open mouth
where I will be, in waiting seas spit out,
 welcomed then to fathom’s
cold mysterious blue,
swallowed up so gently now
by death’s own brackish truth.

Karima Hoisan
published 2008
Costa Rica

*Footnote: This is an older one, but today I thought again about the ceaselessness of rivers

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Clay Baby

Posted on August 23, 2013 by Karima Hoisan
"I clawed you out of clay, ingrata..."

“I clawed you out of clay, ingrata…”  (Painting “Renacimiento” by Isabel Hermano)

Clay Baby

I clawed you out of clay ingrata;
you were the first lost grail
on the bottom of the well,
nebulous, unborn,
a golden nugget, caked in mud,
only living in my mind.
I passed you my secrets of heaven,
warned about the fast track to hell,
and shared the arcane,
even some knowledge of the angels.
I gave you eyes..to see creation, which was my point,
in all of this.. creating recreating creation.
I hope you did not misunderstand.
Why create if no one’s there to see it?
Is not the reward of creation,
just one true appreciation?
Now you can do that too,
build worlds from dreams
and half formed visions.
Don’t be ungrateful,
I gave you all the tools,
Clay baby.

So stop trying to know what I know.
There are just some things not meant
for children who play in dirt to understand.
You have done so well, yet failed
in your compassion.
Maybe there’s still time to get it right.
Don’t take for granted one more sunset,
one more birth, or one more death, or tide.
I know you wish to know some more,
but secrets keep you going.
Stop playing my role,
and when you see the world around you
bright and pungent, strange and ever-changing,
just take a minute out and let me know.
From your birth you were endowed
to be the spoiled prodigal of it all.
Find, your medium, find your love and try to find your place.
I watch you sleep, I am always The Always Awake…
Clay baby.

Karima Hoisan
August 23rd 2013
Costa Rica

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Evolving…

Posted on August 20, 2013 by Karima Hoisan
Slowly rotating up and out...

Slowly rotating up and out...

Evolving…

Slowly rotating up and out, where fears are lobster traps
And nightmares haunt with sharpened teeth,
On sun-lit waters of crystal blue, the surprising shark attack.
The phone call,”Oh I’m sorry to inform…”
The realization it was all a lie, the deeper that you delved,
The understanding you were writing different books,
And his was being published, while yours was being shelved.

Up above the bloody surf where bodies float inert,
Feeling the lightness of leaving it all behind.
Now traps flung open, and sharks are turning into swans
And red tinged foam, is mirroring a glorious sunset.
I begin to rise away from what anything used to mean.
In the air of fresher winds, old wars are now forgotten and forgiven.
Trusting, a pirouette of graceful promise, higher than I thought I’d ever go…
Evolving…

Karima Hoisan
August 20th 2013
Costa Rica

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A Small Impromtu & Intimate Come-back

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Karima Hoisan
In my Arabic Salon

In my Arabic Salon (photo by Gamma)

Last night I had the pleasure of welcoming a small group of friends who were available to a not very-planned but heartfelt reading in my Arabic Salon.
It was intimate and cozy (about 15) and I hope to do it again in a few more months.
I will include the entire recording here below (just click on it) if you were planning on attending, and could not make it, or if you would enjoy hearing my poetry. I want to thank all of you that did, and a special thanks to Dale for being such a lovely and gracious hostess.
THE RECORDING
Including another picture of Gamma & Shesa who always light up a room when they enter it 🙂

Gamma & Shesa magic!

Gamma & Shesa Magic! (photo by Gamma)

Btw here is a little outfit Gamma made and sent to me after the reading. Gamma’s perfect sense of style and flair translates so well into his/her clothing line..and it suits me I think:)

Stars and Galaxies in the skirt

Stars and Galaxies in the skirt

Here are a few more photos from Dale, who was a very good multi-tasker:)

photo by Dale

photo by Dale

photo by Dale

photo by Dale

 

 

 

 

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