Happy Holidays 2011

This is my third Christmas in Second Life. To me, more than anything else, the holidays are a time for reflection in addition to being a time spent with family and friends. Much happened this past year. The Nordan Art gallery continued to thrive, as did the Nordanomjorden blog. We published the online publication Nordan Art: A Retrospective 2010-11 and the first yearly Nordan Art Prize was established and awarded. I witnessed with sadness a special friend leave Second Life behind this year, I still miss him. I made new friends and got even closer to the ones I have. There was love. Art and creativity continued to flourish and to expand in Second Life; there were also continued controversies and heated discussions about what is art in second life. It was a rich year. I wish you all, dear readers, a beautiful holiday!

Halloween Party

We are having one hell of a Halloween Party, costume optional, at Nordan Art on Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 1 PM SLT. At 1 PM SLT, ColeMarie Soleil, the magical and super loveable fairy, will perform. Then, at 2 PM SLT, Eifachfilm Vacirca, Nordan Art resident DJ, will spin some tunes. Finally, at 4 PM SLT, Huckleberry Hax, poet and reader extraordinaire, reads a short, shockingly spooky Halloween story set in Second Life. The party will take place on the current Nordan Art exhibit in the sky, Östan om Solen, created by Rebeca Bashly. There will also be free stuff created by the incredibly talented and very generous Miss Bashly. These things are distributed all over the place, you will have to find them! Please set environmental settings to midnight for best effect. Click teleport poster in front of gallery next to the pumpkin on the steps to get there. Here’s the slurl: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Nordan%20om%20Jorden/138/50/2502.

Happy Holidays 2010

I will be away for the next week or so and I will not be writing any blog posts during this time. I know I will miss it, I have grown so fond of writing about all things creative in this dreamy land called Second Life. What started off as something trivial I did in between has turned into an incredibly meaningful part of my virtual world experience. In my absence, both galleries are of course open for business as usual, Nordan Art at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Stoney%20Isle/23/79/22 and Ahren Art Gallery at http://slurl.com/secondlife/Stoney%20Isle/11/208/501. Happy holidays to all, I hope this magical time will be very special!

Dress above by Precious Restless, Vita’s Boudoir. Hair by Bliss Couture.