Category Archives: Nautilus

Abandoned an additional 1536 in Rubi (512×3), bought an additional 1536 in Mysten to the immediate east of what I already had there (a 2048). Rezzed Collagesity’s TILE Temple again, along with a supporting stream this time with several waterfalls and cascades. Nothing in the temple yet. Hopefully I’ll have enough prim space left over to play around with stuff in a skybox.

The new stream seems to be the twin to the one running through the meat of Mysten Underhill. They end at the same place here, at the southwest corner of my Mysten properties. One again gets the impression that a lake should actually be in this corner, a common confluence.

TILE Temple to left, new stream waterfalls to right.

Interesting rock and dirt (sand?) pile found along the northern edge of the Leemington sim in central Nautilus, called a “corner tor” in the description. There’s nothing inside it, yet the object still has a rather hefty prim count of 52.

Nearby lonesome cottage in Underclaw. Looks very familiar to Baker Bloch. It should. 🙂

Ridiculous row of linden palm trees straddling the border between Yelloo and Far Sight from the same general area. Each tree is one prim apiece, and they seem to number in the hundreds. An even more obvious waste of land resources. But, hey, to each his own. And the palms don’t even make really effective border vegetation.

View of the trees from a Yelloo bay.

Small beauty spot in Ampollino 2 sims north of Far Sight that offers a bit of visual relief from the vast stretches of Nautilus mountain wastelands.

*Finally* a legitimately beautiful larger parcel was uncovered in Gualdo this night of exploring, several miles north of my home base in Mysten. It’s called Avian Retreat, a park dedicated to avian avatars and bird/nature lovers. A flock of parrots moved in from the right just as I was snapping the picture.

The green paneled hillside to the northeast provides Baker with a strenuous hike. At the top lies Rubin Mayo’s Tresor de l’Art gallery that I’d already visited the night before. Or Baker Bloch visited the night before. Certainly a more interesting Nautilus continent gallery. Here’s its blog:

http://tresordelart.blogspot.com/

I took this bucolic picture from the Aspen Farm located one sim north. Just over that mountain range in the background lies Tresor de l’Art.

More mountain scenery near a southern terminus of Route 12 in Camorro.

Contrasting underwater vegetation in what I call The Scorpion (sea) in upper east Nautilus: the brown kelp of Tetra to the right and Amago’s green seaweed to the left. These are the only objects found in each sim respectively.

We stay local for the first two pics, this coming from the Lilli Field village again and that table Baker Bloch has his eye on (nice backdrop!).

Glimpsing into the meat of the Church of the Silicon Soul, the heart and um soul of Mystenopolis perhaps and a place I desire to chronicle more for this blog quite soon. Again I’ll mention that the church grounds perhaps queerly ajoin the sim of Siliconicus to the south. Don’t know if this influenced creator psimagus Hax’s name for it or not. Logically you would think so, however. Perhaps he thought it was some kind of divine providence.

I went island hopping on the west side of the Nautilus continent the other day and found these nice waves on one of the numerous islands there. Haven’t seen this product before.

The multi-tiered SLLU community in Flagg and also Lori is always a fun place to visit, and offers numerous freebies within its various shops. Blogspot here. Inside the grungy building pictured below is secretly tucked the tranquil Trill Zapatero Gardens, named after a “wonderful SLLU creator and activist” according to the parcel description. Visit here; the rest of the village would lie to your west and south.

Baker Bloch biking the western loop of Route 12, representing by far the longest highway of the continent. At this end it narrows into what is basically a walking/biking path. Don’t think a lot of vehicles would fit through that rock overhang ahead, for example.

Baker also visited quite a number of Naultius continent galleries. In fact, I believe he visited each and every one advertised on Sasun Steinbeck’s SL art gallery list (map of galleries here). But sometimes he was more taken by the location of a gallery and the resulting scenery than its actual contents. This would be just off the red bricked Highway 14, with its Seven Chickens Bridge in the background.

This is called Van’s Wild Wild West Gallery, situated, perhaps interestingly, on the western side of Nautilus. It’s wild side as well?

Another shot from a gallery — can’t remember where. Looks like a bit of a Simpsons fan don’t you think?

I also can’t remember what I clicked on to get to this fabulous Cica Ghost exhibit, which moved me off of the Natilus continent. But the artwork within was so interesting I decided to include them in this post anyway. More links on Cica Ghost here, a very productive Second Life artist apparently.

He greeted me warmly. I hadn’t yet seen the joke he left on the top side of the Fal Mouth Moon. The jester’s hat isn’t there for nutt’n. He got down to business. “I want the carrcasses,” he said. “I have permission now. You wouldn’t have gotten this far at all if it wasn’t for me… us. I know that much.” He folded his hands back behind his head, but that was just the animation.

“Sure,” I said. “I’ve already given them to Pierre Schaeffer, to Carrcassonnee. Whoever wants to take over is fine. You’re the logical successor.”

“Do you know what that implies? he replied. I did not. “We’re on a new continent now… you and I. Nautilus. Yd Island is the first. The Rabbit Head of Ratzenberger indicates to me that it is the One. You sold my real life self talking to him on that Bunny Trail of yours in your park — and then watching the actual real deal afterwards — and now he’s sent me here to negotiate.

“You’re doing an excellent job,” I reinforced. “Very real in a surreal way. Life-like, yes.”

“Thank you. So here’s the contract.” Surprising me, he whipped out a piece of paper from behind his head. It was written in black but with much red highlighting of text. I read it. I signed it.

“Given I can’t take your first human newborn…” he quipped. What had I just done?

“I’m ready. I’m ready. I’m ready…”

Thoughts…

What is this new energy? It is religious in nature for certain, a Christian bend. I am not a Christian, although I certainly respect the passion and faith involved. I am not attached to any religious direction, and when pressed I simply call myself a Tilest. Well, what is a Tilest, then? I think it is more than a reaction to the religious mainstream I am obviously not a part of now, nor have been since a teenager really. I do not harbor any huge resentment toward Christianity or any other religion. I just think… well, I believe that people have the ability to tell right and wrong innately, given that they open up to the, um, energy of the future, or just the energy of time outside the here, the now. Or, better, let the not-here penetrate the here. We all have the innate ability to tell the true direction in which we should move, emotionally, spiritually, physically, mentally. I believe we simply do not trust our own natural talents in this respect, and rely on — trying not to use negative words here — others to tell us what/how to think/feel/act. What is a Tilest? I’m not sure still. It is open ended and without dogma. It is certainly related to the Church of the SubGenius and their belief that followers should create their own religions after an indoctrination period to replace the SubGenius one… actually a part of their teachings. It’s related to Erik Satie’s L’Eglise Métropolitaine d’Art de Jésus Conducteur (yes I cut and pasted that!), a short-lived faith he formed as a reaction to Rosicrucianism. But what *is* it? I hear the reader or readers reiterating.

Twinned sides of the Kidd Tower, A-L (down) and O-Z (up).

http://thesnugofthepub.tumblr.com/ask

The “snug”, is a typically a small, very private room with access to the bar that has a frosted glass external window, set above head height. You used to pay a higher price for your beer in the Snug, but nobody could look in and see you. It was not only the well off visitors who would use these rooms. The snug was for patrons who preferred not to be seen in the public bar. Ladies would often enjoy a private drink in the snug in a time when it was frowned upon for ladies to be in a pub. The local garda would nip in for a quiet pint, the parish priest for his evening whiskey, and lovers would use the snug for their clandestine visits…… Pop into the Snug and ask me anything

The next day Baker is seen conferring with someone just out of sight.

Hollywood?

(to be continued)

My two galleries that compose the “Mysten Collages” complex face 2 ways: toward the Lilli Field village (Fal Mouth Moon), and toward psimagus Hax’s Medieval Christian town (Red Umbrella). The two galleries in question can actually be called additions or addendums to these two areas, I feel. Notice, for example, how Lilli’s cluster of tall brown trees blend perfectly with the Fal Mouth Moon’s colors and textures…

… and how you can easily enter the gallery from a bend in the topmost road of her community.

And then explore how the Red Umbrella similarly slots perfectly into Mr. Hax’s Mysten Underhill community, the former main entrance precisely centered at the end of one of its grassy lanes.

And Baker Bloch’s home expertly slots in beside the Red Umbrella.

Fal Mouth Moon is a part of Field’s village, and Red Umbrella, along with the fused Bloch home, is part of the Hax village. Take my word for it. This is the Janus faced aspect, or at least the surface part.

circa 1890: Two-headed Janus. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Unlike my earlier Collagesity (or VWX Town), the Mysten Collages galleries are not really independent and self fulfilling. They need the 2 larger Mysten communities for broader context and significance. They are not a community in and of themselves. And I think that’s a good thing to happen for me at this juncture in my Second Life experiences.

There is no true center to the Mysten Collage complex except the line that divides the two galleries, which is the same as the Gallery Kiosk, its entry point. To your left will be the entrance to Fal Mouth Moon’s basement exhibit. To your right is the basement door of the Red Umbrella. Simple enough — much simpler than the layout of Minoa’s Collagesity just derezzed.

So we have to turn to the 2 communities for deeper meaning. I’ve mentioned that the Kidd Tower is now part of Mysten Underhill but in a hidden place. Last night I decided I should in all good faith delete this structure. The Kidd must grow up and assume responsibility. Or maybe its the Twinned Kidds, A-L and then O-Z. I think I know where the twins making up the home band Tomato Potato reside; maybe where they play their post-folk concert music as well. And I believe that Artie J. Spongeberg has already made contact with them. According to the visitor’s list, he’s already been snooping around the “Mysten Collages” galleries.

Something just happened here.

(to be continued)