Ännu ett bidrag till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före den 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
By Iono Allen
Whatever happens, Life goes on...
My entry for Second Life® Machinima contest MachinimUWA V.
Installations by:
- Glyph Graves: "The Dance of strangers",
- Sorror Nishi at UWA,
- Rose Borchovski; "The Inevatibility of Fate",
- Artistide Despres (Artée): " 4 Cordes",
- Trill Zapatero: "The Apocalypse will not be Televised",
- Haveit Neox: "Stirring the dreams".
Outside parts filmed at the University of Western Australia (UWA).
Music: K. Mc Leod (incompetech.com) under CC license.
Filmed in Second Life®, June 2012.
lördagen den 30:e juni 2012
Eif @ Fuschias

Eif gjorde som vanligt ett grymt set när han dök upp på Fuschias party igår. Lyssna eller ladda ner det HÄR.

Apmelina visade sig vara helt rätt klädd för kvällen.

Och Anje Aichi gjorde henne onödigt snygg med den här bilden.
Fuschia Nightfire: anje is the best photographer on SL
Fuschia Nightfire: btw, i really appreciate that you took the trouble to wear pink tonight apmelina

ush Underwood: i just admired your outfit apmelina -- its very..very
Apmelina Slingshot: very understated?
ush Underwood: just as if you are on the way to supermarket ,, to buy 2 bottles of beer
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom - Fem ytterligare bidrag
Sista helgen före deadline!
Fem nya bidrag till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före den 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (5th UWA Short Animated Film Festival) Entries.
By Bleu Oleander
Music by Bleu Oleander
Music is often a key that unlocks our memories. Who are we if not our memories.
Colorful mask paintings by David Ricks
By Aquaglo
This is the 18th video in the series, Aqua's Laws of Physics.. I thank the Secondlife Website, the University of Western Australia sim. where 99% of the video was shot ,also the Linden Endowment of the Arts art sim. where 1% was shot, the 3d artists on display at both sims, the musical artist, Sia for her wonderous song and lyrics, to ZA the omega and the alpha love eternal for all existence..., to my God, and the universal Light that guides me... Love truly is the path to Wisdom, JOY, and Peace...
** my videos are never and will never be perfect*** , just as i am not perfect nor is life perfect.. yes reflections is mis spelled once and yes itsy white arrows pop up now and then,.. always to remember... perfection isnt reality . and the expectations to we put on ourselves is not part of the path to wisdom.. ,,, !!!!
.This series is made to help me learn the art of animated videography, and to help me grow as a person. The list of 3d artists and UWA treasures are listed below.
Hell - Kicca infernal
Spinning Universe - fuschia Nightfire
Imagination - Barry
Schism - Dudi
Earth Debris -
Fountain of Imagination Jess
Flight to Freedom - Fae
Heart vs. Train - Sonna
Terra Matter - cherry
** if any artist was left out , I will do my best to find art title and artist name and add as soon as I find out the information... the music and art do not belong to me... I meerly enjoyed it and loved working, choreographing and dancing with it.... Namaste - Aqua
Treasures
Celestian
Reflection Pool
Dotima
My love, leave yourself behind
Beat inside me, leave you blind
My love, you have found peace
You were searching for release
You gave it all
You gave into the call
You took a chance and
You took a fall for us
You give thoughtfully, loved me faithfully
You taught me honor, you did it for me
Tonight you will sleep for good
You will wait for me my love
Now I am strong (Now I am strong)
You gave me all
You gave all you had and now I am home
My love, leave yourself behind
Beat inside me, leave you blind
My love, look what you can do
I am mending, I'll be with you
You took my hand and added a plan
You gave me your heart
I asked you to dance with me
You loved honestly
Did what you could release
I know in peace you go
I won't relieve this love
Now I am strong (Now I am strong)
You gave me all
You gave all you had and now I am home
My love, leave yourself behind
Beat inside me, I'll be with you
---
"My Love" as written by Sia Furler, Oliver Kraus
By Pyewacket Bellman
By Secret Rage
Seeking Wisdom: THE GUARDIAN
in it...a girl tries to FIND Wisdom...
~3rd entry into the UWA 2012 Centenary Machinima competition~
filmed entirely on the UWA campus and at Endarage
songs: Worth More Than Here and Passing Through by Shagpile http://www.youtube.com/user/westealflyers and http://www.youtube.com/user/varesy
filmed using Camtasia
Created by author Michele Rubatino, avatar Elizabeth Spieler in Second Life. Inspired from "Landmark Education," teaching personal happiness since founded in 1991 in San Francisco, California, USA. Music by Michael Witte.
Fem nya bidrag till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före den 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (5th UWA Short Animated Film Festival) Entries.
By Bleu Oleander
Music by Bleu Oleander
Music is often a key that unlocks our memories. Who are we if not our memories.
Colorful mask paintings by David Ricks
By Aquaglo
This is the 18th video in the series, Aqua's Laws of Physics.. I thank the Secondlife Website, the University of Western Australia sim. where 99% of the video was shot ,also the Linden Endowment of the Arts art sim. where 1% was shot, the 3d artists on display at both sims, the musical artist, Sia for her wonderous song and lyrics, to ZA the omega and the alpha love eternal for all existence..., to my God, and the universal Light that guides me... Love truly is the path to Wisdom, JOY, and Peace...
** my videos are never and will never be perfect*** , just as i am not perfect nor is life perfect.. yes reflections is mis spelled once and yes itsy white arrows pop up now and then,.. always to remember... perfection isnt reality . and the expectations to we put on ourselves is not part of the path to wisdom.. ,,, !!!!
.This series is made to help me learn the art of animated videography, and to help me grow as a person. The list of 3d artists and UWA treasures are listed below.
Hell - Kicca infernal
Spinning Universe - fuschia Nightfire
Imagination - Barry
Schism - Dudi
Earth Debris -
Fountain of Imagination Jess
Flight to Freedom - Fae
Heart vs. Train - Sonna
Terra Matter - cherry
** if any artist was left out , I will do my best to find art title and artist name and add as soon as I find out the information... the music and art do not belong to me... I meerly enjoyed it and loved working, choreographing and dancing with it.... Namaste - Aqua
Treasures
Celestian
Reflection Pool
Dotima
My love, leave yourself behind
Beat inside me, leave you blind
My love, you have found peace
You were searching for release
You gave it all
You gave into the call
You took a chance and
You took a fall for us
You give thoughtfully, loved me faithfully
You taught me honor, you did it for me
Tonight you will sleep for good
You will wait for me my love
Now I am strong (Now I am strong)
You gave me all
You gave all you had and now I am home
My love, leave yourself behind
Beat inside me, leave you blind
My love, look what you can do
I am mending, I'll be with you
You took my hand and added a plan
You gave me your heart
I asked you to dance with me
You loved honestly
Did what you could release
I know in peace you go
I won't relieve this love
Now I am strong (Now I am strong)
You gave me all
You gave all you had and now I am home
My love, leave yourself behind
Beat inside me, I'll be with you
---
"My Love" as written by Sia Furler, Oliver Kraus
By Pyewacket Bellman
By Secret Rage
Seeking Wisdom: THE GUARDIAN
in it...a girl tries to FIND Wisdom...
~3rd entry into the UWA 2012 Centenary Machinima competition~
filmed entirely on the UWA campus and at Endarage
songs: Worth More Than Here and Passing Through by Shagpile http://www.youtube.com/user/westealflyers and http://www.youtube.com/user/varesy
filmed using Camtasia
Created by author Michele Rubatino, avatar Elizabeth Spieler in Second Life. Inspired from "Landmark Education," teaching personal happiness since founded in 1991 in San Francisco, California, USA. Music by Michael Witte.
Etiketter:
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom
fredagen den 29:e juni 2012
Fredagstipset: Dansa med Fuschia
A Special Invitation - FUSCHIA NIGHTFIRE "Virtual Dance" Closing Party 6/29 1pm SLT

This high energy, brilliant exhibition of digital sculpture and SL photography celebrates dance in all styles from the beauty of ballet to the sexy and stimulating eras of disco and rock!

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for a special event as we say goodbye to Fuschia Nightfire's "Virtual Dance"...an exhibition of Dance and Dancers in a Virtual World, featuring a special live performance of jazz, blues, soul, and rock by Roxanne Ysabel, Friday June 29 1-3pm SLT.
If you didn't make the opening, or even if you did....please join us for the party and have one last dance with Fuschia before she closes her show here at DNA!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Captive%20Oasis/192/212/59
Kludden var där på öppningen och rekommenderar alla danssugna att komma på stängningspartyt!

This high energy, brilliant exhibition of digital sculpture and SL photography celebrates dance in all styles from the beauty of ballet to the sexy and stimulating eras of disco and rock!

Please mark your calendars and plan to join us for a special event as we say goodbye to Fuschia Nightfire's "Virtual Dance"...an exhibition of Dance and Dancers in a Virtual World, featuring a special live performance of jazz, blues, soul, and rock by Roxanne Ysabel, Friday June 29 1-3pm SLT.
If you didn't make the opening, or even if you did....please join us for the party and have one last dance with Fuschia before she closes her show here at DNA!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Captive%20Oasis/192/212/59
Kludden var där på öppningen och rekommenderar alla danssugna att komma på stängningspartyt!
Etiketter:
DNA,
Fuschia Nightfire,
Roxanne Ysabel,
Virtual Dance
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom - the absence of memory
Ännu ett bidrag till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före den 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
By Chic Aeon
Deeply inspired by the latest moody and thought provoking build of Marcus Inkpen, I took a journey in my imagination. My camera when along for the ride.
Filmed at "The Returning" (LEA17) and the University of Western Australia with one brief shot from my archives at Rain, this film features treasures from the UWA inworld campus: Mosaic Marble Floor - Winthrop Tower Balconette - Hans Arkeveld's 'Celestian'
Music is Come With Me by Stranger's Moment's (cc)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
By Chic Aeon
Deeply inspired by the latest moody and thought provoking build of Marcus Inkpen, I took a journey in my imagination. My camera when along for the ride.
Filmed at "The Returning" (LEA17) and the University of Western Australia with one brief shot from my archives at Rain, this film features treasures from the UWA inworld campus: Mosaic Marble Floor - Winthrop Tower Balconette - Hans Arkeveld's 'Celestian'
Music is Come With Me by Stranger's Moment's (cc)
Etiketter:
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom
torsdagen den 28:e juni 2012
Filmen i huvudet
Den här serien handlar om hur filmen i huvudet hamnat där och hur det kan förklaras men också hur det inte kan förklaras.
Alla kommentarer och frågor är som vanligt välkomna, även per mail till filmenihuvudet@indexkompaniet.se
Texterna skickas också ut som notecards i Apmels öppna grupp IB Bok Kafe och kan även diskuteras där, liksom på onlinediskussionsforumet Cognito.se (sök inlägg av Lelle) och på Filosofiforum.com där jag skriver under eget namn.

TOLKNINGSPROBLEMATIK
Alla vet att datorer kan hänga sig. Programexekveringen har hamnat i en loop. Detta kan inte lösas av algoritmerna inuti datorn utan bara genom yttre påverkan, t ex att vi stänger av datorn och sätter på den igen.
Det visar också att det inte är datoralgoritmerna som tolkar programmens styrning av processorn som bestämmer att de fysiska processer som pågår i datorn är informationshantering. Den tolkningen kommer utifrån, från oss. Datorn skulle gladeligen fortsätta exekvera loopen till dess den stoppades av datorns fysiska nedslitning eller att batteriet tog slut.
Datorer var en gång i tiden tänkta som en modell för matematikers tankar vid en beräkning. Naturligtvis visste alla att det bara var en idealisering av en liten del av allt som händer i en matematikers hjärna vid samma beräkning.
Filosofer har sedan dess ibland vänt uppochner på sambandet och använt datorn som en modell för allt det som pågår i hjärnan. Men en beräkning i hjärnan är mycket lätt påverkbar av förändringar i hjärnans struktur vare sig de är evolutionistiskt betingade eller härrör från individuell mognad, inlärning eller en hjärnskada, medan det motsatta inte är fallet. En förändring i beräkningen förändrar inte hjärnans struktur i kommande led.
Det är vi som sätter gränserna för vad som är informationshantering och vad som bara är en skräploop i en dator. Men vad sätter dom gränserna i våra hjärnor? Förkroppsligade algoritmer vare sig i kisel eller hjärnsubstans tolkar inte sig själva.
Det räcker inte att säga att det är evolutionen. Evolutionstryck sker bara mot en begränsad del av kroppens alla fysiska processer. De som är relevanta för överlevnad och reproduktion. Men vad avgör vilka processer som ska vara relevanta?
Som kognitionsforskaren/filosofen Daniel C. Dennett mycket riktigt påpekat är evolutionen en algoritm. Den står alltså inför samma tolkningsproblematik som algoritmerna i våra datorer även om den faktiskt kan förändra i hjärnstrukturen efter hand.
Alla kommentarer och frågor är som vanligt välkomna, även per mail till filmenihuvudet@indexkompaniet.se
Texterna skickas också ut som notecards i Apmels öppna grupp IB Bok Kafe och kan även diskuteras där, liksom på onlinediskussionsforumet Cognito.se (sök inlägg av Lelle) och på Filosofiforum.com där jag skriver under eget namn.
TOLKNINGSPROBLEMATIK
Alla vet att datorer kan hänga sig. Programexekveringen har hamnat i en loop. Detta kan inte lösas av algoritmerna inuti datorn utan bara genom yttre påverkan, t ex att vi stänger av datorn och sätter på den igen.
Det visar också att det inte är datoralgoritmerna som tolkar programmens styrning av processorn som bestämmer att de fysiska processer som pågår i datorn är informationshantering. Den tolkningen kommer utifrån, från oss. Datorn skulle gladeligen fortsätta exekvera loopen till dess den stoppades av datorns fysiska nedslitning eller att batteriet tog slut.
Datorer var en gång i tiden tänkta som en modell för matematikers tankar vid en beräkning. Naturligtvis visste alla att det bara var en idealisering av en liten del av allt som händer i en matematikers hjärna vid samma beräkning.
Filosofer har sedan dess ibland vänt uppochner på sambandet och använt datorn som en modell för allt det som pågår i hjärnan. Men en beräkning i hjärnan är mycket lätt påverkbar av förändringar i hjärnans struktur vare sig de är evolutionistiskt betingade eller härrör från individuell mognad, inlärning eller en hjärnskada, medan det motsatta inte är fallet. En förändring i beräkningen förändrar inte hjärnans struktur i kommande led.
Det är vi som sätter gränserna för vad som är informationshantering och vad som bara är en skräploop i en dator. Men vad sätter dom gränserna i våra hjärnor? Förkroppsligade algoritmer vare sig i kisel eller hjärnsubstans tolkar inte sig själva.
Det räcker inte att säga att det är evolutionen. Evolutionstryck sker bara mot en begränsad del av kroppens alla fysiska processer. De som är relevanta för överlevnad och reproduktion. Men vad avgör vilka processer som ska vara relevanta?
Som kognitionsforskaren/filosofen Daniel C. Dennett mycket riktigt påpekat är evolutionen en algoritm. Den står alltså inför samma tolkningsproblematik som algoritmerna i våra datorer även om den faktiskt kan förändra i hjärnstrukturen efter hand.
Etiketter:
Filmen i huvudet
Filosofiska rum
Min primatar har alltid haft ett behov av att hitta filosofiska rum där han får vara ifred och tänka ostörd av omvärlden under idealt självvald lång tidsperiod.

När han var ung blev det oftast toaletter.

Senare i livet var det öar.

Ofta låtsades han sova.

Nu senast bland molnen. Där verkar det dock bli trångt. Över 2000 har hittat dit under första veckan..

https://its.cloudpartytime.com/

När han var ung blev det oftast toaletter.
Senare i livet var det öar.
Ofta låtsades han sova.
Nu senast bland molnen. Där verkar det dock bli trångt. Över 2000 har hittat dit under första veckan..
https://its.cloudpartytime.com/
onsdagen den 27:e juni 2012
Lennart aka [explicit] Apmel
I Cloud Party heter min avatar inte Apmel utan har mitt primatarnamn. När man ska förklara att man är "Lennart aka fucking Apmel" i chattfönstret så blir det automatiskt som i rubriken som jag nu valt att ha på mitt hus. Välkomna!

https://its.cloudpartytime.com/#17.5,135.4,-33.9,0_2129
https://its.cloudpartytime.com/#17.5,135.4,-33.9,0_2129
Etiketter:
Cloud Party
Kandi gör allt för grannsämjan på Clear Trails
Med en sån inbjudan får hon nog många gäster! Men så har hon skaffat sig en hörntomt också på molnet Clear Trails i Cloud Party :)

https://its.cloudpartytime.com/went/SJtOWNv77
https://its.cloudpartytime.com/went/SJtOWNv77
Etiketter:
Cloud Party,
Kandinsky Beaumont
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom - Fem nya bidrag
Nu spurtas det bland filmmakarna!
Fem nya bidrag till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före den 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (5th UWA Short Animated Film Festival) Entries.
Machinima and concept: Laslopantomik Yao
Text adaptation, music and narration: Ultraviolet Alter
Original text:
Thought on self-reliance
Tseli Shuo
Chang Shihyuan 1755-1824
All living things in this universe die. Among the plants, birds,
beasts and insects, some are born in the morning and die at eve, some have a life span of a year, and some last ten, or hundred, or a
thousand years. But they all die. The diference is merely one of
length of time.
The same is true of man. when he is living, he labors and occupies
himself with something and worries and plans as if he were going to
live forever. But when his spirit is dispersed and he dies, he cannot
even grow enough flesh to cover his white bones. Death comes to him exactly as it comes to the plants and the birds and the beasts and insects.
A gentelman is aware of this fact. He therefore does not regard life
and death as depending upon the existence or non existence of bodily
form, but rather upon the growth or decay of his spirit of life. When
a man is perfectly well in his body but his vital spirit is gone, he
may well be regarded as dead. If, however, one's life spirit is
developed to find expression in principles of the great stream of life
of this universe. He is then freed from this dependance on a material
body.
We find in the classics and history the ancient wise men who died long ago but whose light shines through the ages like the stars and the sun. I may truly say that these men are still living with us.
Therefore, whether man is mortal or immortal depends entirely upon the man himself. However, all men die and few there are indeed who have become immortal. A scholar should make up his mind and rely on himself.
By Karima Hoisan & Natascha Randt
This is our Costa Rica-Germany-Connection video for the MachinimUWA V challenge: "seek wisdom". Karima Hoisan and I, we are on a journey to discover where we can find wisdom...
By JamesAir
Film Explained Below -Comments On Arjuna Painting Here - http://jamesairblog.blogspot.com/
The Deconstruction of Alice - Written and Narrated by JamesAir
100 Treasures from the University of Western Australia featured:
Leonard French, Emergence
http://www.treasures.uwa.edu.au/treasures/#7-1
Sidney Nolan, Perished
http://www.treasures.uwa.edu.au/treasures/#29-1
Music: Paul Mealor's Ubi Caritas
Film Notes: Alice in this film represents us all. Her journey is ours. And like all of us, she struggles with knowing who she is, why she exists, and what is the purpose of life with all of its struggles, its sufferings and joyful experiences.
"One may have a idea of where they are going, but where you are is much more important."
Very zen like, this quote seems to say we can let go of the struggle to try to go somewhere and instead just be, in the here and now without worrying about going somewhere.
Alice is spinning upside down signifying her confusion and duality of being of course in the present moment, while at the same time, lost in thoughts goals of wanting to go somewhere.
Alice falls, representing those moments during the day when thought is quiet, and yet when she lands, she checks her feet.... "roof brain chatter" or the stream of thoughts in our minds does not stay quiet for long! After the peace of just being while falling, thought kicks in as soon as she lands.
"The goal must be to not move towards a concept or mental image,
but to fully see what is, in this moment.
For only here and now is real."
Alice lost in thought once again while rolling around the floor, is then shown flying at a sunrise, spinning free. Next standing in a serene field of flowers representing those moments of bliss or total peace we've all had and wish to return to if we only knew how.
"Your thoughts are like a river
moving though your mind,
like clouds blowing across the sky."
The man here represents the body of Alice, standing relatively still, and Alice herself represents her thoughts. Agitated, totally out of control, no real direction... that's the mind at times! While the quote points to a zen like state where you watch your thoughts from a distance, Alice clearly shows the more common experience of a person with thought totally out of control!
Next we see Alice is a state of meditation or quiet self awareness. She is seeking a freedom from her agitated mind. She remembers a moment of peace and contentment in the arms of a former lover. Naked against the backdrop of the city, showing her sincerity, vulnerability, and innocence in the questions she is asking herself.
"If you think you're free, there's no escape possible."
There is no way to find a higher peace unless you desire and believe in something more than you have.
"Consciousness and thought are not the same thing, though our thoughts convince us they are."
A lot of times we try to use only thought to look for freedom and peace and yet it's often thought that's the problem to start with. We often torture ourselves with our thoughts of quilt, regret etc.
Everyone is body and soul, higher and lower natures, and like everyone Alice has a dual nature. We see her walking in a sexy bikini full of ego and body identification, and then drunk spinning in a bar, then falling down. Then, while in a run down part of town, she is shown having higher thoughts. No matter where we find ourselves or how dire our situations, we can take a higher path in our minds.
"When looking at the self, there's not more to do, only more to see and to understand."
We see Alice meditating in a Buddhist temple, then staring at negative worldly posters in a bar, then looking at art in a small gallery. Again showing the duality of a normal person. The art can represent various things to each of us such as the realization of death in Sidney Nolan's, Perished but I found the two photographs shown together striking. The pictures of a new born baby and a homeless man laying on a sidewalk. That man too was once a newborn full of promise and one wonders what could have led him to that state.
"To make great changes in ourselves, takes a great understanding of ourselves."
Alice then goes through a looking glass and remembers a past life in the late 1700's with her soul mate. While reincarnation is a personal belief, this sequence also shows how others in our lives are very important. We need others and love to thrive and be happy.
Alice died young in this life, leaving her lover lost and broken. But then we see her at peace swinging on a swing. All things are temporary in life, even suffering and pain can't last forever.
"The more you are aware of, the freer you will be."
By Secret Rage
This machinima is about seeking wisdom in the everyday places in which you are fortunate enough to find it...submitted as part of the UWA Centenary
~Shaggy, my friend...thank you for letting me put this song in here
~film sites include: the University of Australia and Endarage
~the home is a replica of my own Grandmother's home...the scenes are from those in my memory~I was indeed a blessed child :D
This video was produced with the aid of Camtasia Studio...an exceptional product.
By Pamala Clift
Roadside Philosopher accepting the Challenge from the University of Western Australia to seek wisdom in four and a half minutes.
Fem nya bidrag till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före den 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (5th UWA Short Animated Film Festival) Entries.
Machinima and concept: Laslopantomik Yao
Text adaptation, music and narration: Ultraviolet Alter
Original text:
Thought on self-reliance
Tseli Shuo
Chang Shihyuan 1755-1824
All living things in this universe die. Among the plants, birds,
beasts and insects, some are born in the morning and die at eve, some have a life span of a year, and some last ten, or hundred, or a
thousand years. But they all die. The diference is merely one of
length of time.
The same is true of man. when he is living, he labors and occupies
himself with something and worries and plans as if he were going to
live forever. But when his spirit is dispersed and he dies, he cannot
even grow enough flesh to cover his white bones. Death comes to him exactly as it comes to the plants and the birds and the beasts and insects.
A gentelman is aware of this fact. He therefore does not regard life
and death as depending upon the existence or non existence of bodily
form, but rather upon the growth or decay of his spirit of life. When
a man is perfectly well in his body but his vital spirit is gone, he
may well be regarded as dead. If, however, one's life spirit is
developed to find expression in principles of the great stream of life
of this universe. He is then freed from this dependance on a material
body.
We find in the classics and history the ancient wise men who died long ago but whose light shines through the ages like the stars and the sun. I may truly say that these men are still living with us.
Therefore, whether man is mortal or immortal depends entirely upon the man himself. However, all men die and few there are indeed who have become immortal. A scholar should make up his mind and rely on himself.
By Karima Hoisan & Natascha Randt
This is our Costa Rica-Germany-Connection video for the MachinimUWA V challenge: "seek wisdom". Karima Hoisan and I, we are on a journey to discover where we can find wisdom...
By JamesAir
Film Explained Below -Comments On Arjuna Painting Here - http://jamesairblog.blogspot.com/
The Deconstruction of Alice - Written and Narrated by JamesAir
100 Treasures from the University of Western Australia featured:
Leonard French, Emergence
http://www.treasures.uwa.edu.au/treasures/#7-1
Sidney Nolan, Perished
http://www.treasures.uwa.edu.au/treasures/#29-1
Music: Paul Mealor's Ubi Caritas
Film Notes: Alice in this film represents us all. Her journey is ours. And like all of us, she struggles with knowing who she is, why she exists, and what is the purpose of life with all of its struggles, its sufferings and joyful experiences.
"One may have a idea of where they are going, but where you are is much more important."
Very zen like, this quote seems to say we can let go of the struggle to try to go somewhere and instead just be, in the here and now without worrying about going somewhere.
Alice is spinning upside down signifying her confusion and duality of being of course in the present moment, while at the same time, lost in thoughts goals of wanting to go somewhere.
Alice falls, representing those moments during the day when thought is quiet, and yet when she lands, she checks her feet.... "roof brain chatter" or the stream of thoughts in our minds does not stay quiet for long! After the peace of just being while falling, thought kicks in as soon as she lands.
"The goal must be to not move towards a concept or mental image,
but to fully see what is, in this moment.
For only here and now is real."
Alice lost in thought once again while rolling around the floor, is then shown flying at a sunrise, spinning free. Next standing in a serene field of flowers representing those moments of bliss or total peace we've all had and wish to return to if we only knew how.
"Your thoughts are like a river
moving though your mind,
like clouds blowing across the sky."
The man here represents the body of Alice, standing relatively still, and Alice herself represents her thoughts. Agitated, totally out of control, no real direction... that's the mind at times! While the quote points to a zen like state where you watch your thoughts from a distance, Alice clearly shows the more common experience of a person with thought totally out of control!
Next we see Alice is a state of meditation or quiet self awareness. She is seeking a freedom from her agitated mind. She remembers a moment of peace and contentment in the arms of a former lover. Naked against the backdrop of the city, showing her sincerity, vulnerability, and innocence in the questions she is asking herself.
"If you think you're free, there's no escape possible."
There is no way to find a higher peace unless you desire and believe in something more than you have.
"Consciousness and thought are not the same thing, though our thoughts convince us they are."
A lot of times we try to use only thought to look for freedom and peace and yet it's often thought that's the problem to start with. We often torture ourselves with our thoughts of quilt, regret etc.
Everyone is body and soul, higher and lower natures, and like everyone Alice has a dual nature. We see her walking in a sexy bikini full of ego and body identification, and then drunk spinning in a bar, then falling down. Then, while in a run down part of town, she is shown having higher thoughts. No matter where we find ourselves or how dire our situations, we can take a higher path in our minds.
"When looking at the self, there's not more to do, only more to see and to understand."
We see Alice meditating in a Buddhist temple, then staring at negative worldly posters in a bar, then looking at art in a small gallery. Again showing the duality of a normal person. The art can represent various things to each of us such as the realization of death in Sidney Nolan's, Perished but I found the two photographs shown together striking. The pictures of a new born baby and a homeless man laying on a sidewalk. That man too was once a newborn full of promise and one wonders what could have led him to that state.
"To make great changes in ourselves, takes a great understanding of ourselves."
Alice then goes through a looking glass and remembers a past life in the late 1700's with her soul mate. While reincarnation is a personal belief, this sequence also shows how others in our lives are very important. We need others and love to thrive and be happy.
Alice died young in this life, leaving her lover lost and broken. But then we see her at peace swinging on a swing. All things are temporary in life, even suffering and pain can't last forever.
"The more you are aware of, the freer you will be."
By Secret Rage
This machinima is about seeking wisdom in the everyday places in which you are fortunate enough to find it...submitted as part of the UWA Centenary
~Shaggy, my friend...thank you for letting me put this song in here
~film sites include: the University of Australia and Endarage
~the home is a replica of my own Grandmother's home...the scenes are from those in my memory~I was indeed a blessed child :D
This video was produced with the aid of Camtasia Studio...an exceptional product.
By Pamala Clift
Roadside Philosopher accepting the Challenge from the University of Western Australia to seek wisdom in four and a half minutes.
Etiketter:
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom
tisdagen den 26:e juni 2012
Rädslor i olika världar
Hemma i mitt hus på Pleasant Path i CP har jag idag lyckats importera några meshfigurer vid entrén. Rädslan att inte klara livet in cloud på ett bra sätt blev genast mycket mindre!

Hemma i SL vid Nicolex Gallery berättade ush för Apmelsprivatbankman om en rädsla förorsakad av en artikel i Apmels Scoop: Are neutrons escaping to a parallel world?.
ush Underwood: now i am frightened of losing my neutrons
Etiketter:
Cloud Party,
Nicolex Gallery
På tal om machinima...
Apmel funderar på hur han kan få Fraps att fungera in cloud så att han kan spela upp händelser därifrån in world.

Någon som vet?

Någon som vet?
Etiketter:
Cloud Party,
Fraps
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom - The Melancholy of Resistance
Vännen Ed bidrar med sin filmatisering av Rose Borchovskis THE INEVITABILITY OF FATE till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före den 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
by Edward Folger (Ed Vespucciano)
Seeking wisdom means, ultimately, coming to terms with life and death. Here is my machinima poem on the subject : a mash-up of Rose Borchovski's interactive installation, 'The Inevitability of Fate', at Two Fish in Second Life, along with with texts from 'The Melancholy of Resistance', by Hungarian novelist, László Krasznahorkai.
Please play this in HD, in full screen mode, and at full volume, otherwise you are not really experiencing it.
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
by Edward Folger (Ed Vespucciano)
Seeking wisdom means, ultimately, coming to terms with life and death. Here is my machinima poem on the subject : a mash-up of Rose Borchovski's interactive installation, 'The Inevitability of Fate', at Two Fish in Second Life, along with with texts from 'The Melancholy of Resistance', by Hungarian novelist, László Krasznahorkai.
Please play this in HD, in full screen mode, and at full volume, otherwise you are not really experiencing it.
Etiketter:
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom - Ragdoll little book of wisdom
En enda liten vecka före deadline kommer min vän Miso med sitt bidrag till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före den 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
By Miso Susanowa
A ragdoll left her crystal ball to seek wisdom. She had a very good time on the way.
This movie is a collection of thoughts from her journey.
They may be very basic, but she is just a small ragdoll.
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
By Miso Susanowa
A ragdoll left her crystal ball to seek wisdom. She had a very good time on the way.
This movie is a collection of thoughts from her journey.
They may be very basic, but she is just a small ragdoll.
Etiketter:
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom
måndagen den 25:e juni 2012
Last report from in cloud today
Today I have been spending more time in cloud than in world.

I have to admit it is fun. HP Darcy and Artée dropped by.

Artée left a message in the sky :)
I have to admit it is fun. HP Darcy and Artée dropped by.
Artée left a message in the sky :)
Etiketter:
Artistide Despres,
HP Darcy
Mitt hem på molnet Pleasant Path
Som så många andra har jag kvalificerat mig för ett gratishem i Cloud Party.
Stället heter Lennart´s Home rätt och slätt på molnet Pleasant Path.
Hatten är som en doktorshatt som man får om man klarar att att göra nybörjarinstruktionen steg för steg som inte tar några sju år, knappt sju minuter.
Etiketter:
Cloud Party
Rose is not like Apmel defined by Donald Duck

When Rowan Derryth moved her interview with Rose from the hopelessly laggy SLB9 to her own sim Two Fish a lot of her friends showed up even though the change came late and Apmel never rezzed but stayed a white cloud throughout and his planned filming of the event had to be cancelled, but look out for a pod cast from Rowan.

There you will hear the whole fascinating story about Rose´s family and get a lot of background for the appreciation of her art. Now of course Apmel rather not interpret anything in religious terms, but Rose took the time to explain to him that although an atheist like Apmel she thought it was important to tell the stories from the bible since they define who we are.

Everyone seemed to agree and this was not an interview with Apmel so he didn´t think it was time then, but now here on the blog, to say that he personally is more defined by Donald Duck and Disney myths.
IRL I forced my father to read the Donald Duck comic books over and over until I knew them by heart and in turn "read" them to my friends before any of us knew how to read proper.
Enough about me :) Not much to say about SaveMe either, who only peed once during the whole interview. And Kandi had a problem with the sound and fell asleep.

Etiketter:
Rose Borchovski,
Rowan Derryth
söndagen den 24:e juni 2012
Second attempt: Interview Rose By Rowan at SLB9 - midnight tonight central european time
Group Notice From: .:SL Art:., Rose Borchovski
We try again this evening at 3.pmslt. at SL9; because the first time around I stumbled of my words and made no sense, Rowan pushed all the wrong buttons, Ampel thought is was boring and left half way, my friends did not show up because they thought it was boring by forehand and Saveme was not around to take it up to an higher level.

When Apmel was there the first time around he his was camming around and found this example of Roses artwork behind the stage, not that he was bored or anything :)
Rose makes it sound like there was hardly anyone there, but people kept dropping in the hour or so Apmel was there. He was just about to say hello to Jayjay (dropping in on his way to Barcelona?) when he crashed inrepairably, something that has happened to him every time he goes to the SLB sims this year :(

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/DreamSeeker%20SL9B%20Negen/109/80/21
Happy to have a second chance to hear Rose. Hope to see you all there!
Etiketter:
Jayjay Zifanwe,
Rose Borchovski,
Rowan Derryth
Coming soon to a cloud above Kandinsky
Spännande sommarhändelser är att vänta på Solace Islands sydöstra hörn.

Kandinsky Beaumont: kikas och Marma
Apmel Goosson: ja?
Kandinsky Beaumont: Håller på att bygga härovanför för en ny show
Apmel Goosson: jag har sett deras nya poster

Apmel Goosson: anade att något var på gång..,
Apmel Goosson: när har det tänkt då?
Kandinsky Beaumont: Antagligen nästa vecka nån gång

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Solace%20Island/215/39/22
Apmelina är satt att bevaka den här händelsen. Kom gärna och håll henne sällskap :)

Kandinsky Beaumont: kikas och Marma
Apmel Goosson: ja?
Kandinsky Beaumont: Håller på att bygga härovanför för en ny show
Apmel Goosson: jag har sett deras nya poster
Apmel Goosson: anade att något var på gång..,
Apmel Goosson: när har det tänkt då?
Kandinsky Beaumont: Antagligen nästa vecka nån gång

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Solace%20Island/215/39/22
Apmelina är satt att bevaka den här händelsen. Kom gärna och håll henne sällskap :)
Etiketter:
Kandinsky Beaumont,
Kikas Babenco,
Marmaduke Arado,
Solace Island
Surreal ush
Kluddens vän ush stod för ett lite surrealistiskt inslag på källarklubben The Drome i NewcastleGateshead SL nyligen..

PS. Det pågår en diskussion om surrealism i SL på SaveMe Ohs blog: Why The Surrealism Disappears When They Play Oprah?

PS. Det pågår en diskussion om surrealism i SL på SaveMe Ohs blog: Why The Surrealism Disappears When They Play Oprah?
Etiketter:
Apmel Meerson,
NewcastleGateshead SL,
SaveMe Oh,
surrealism,
The Drome,
ush Underwood
lördagen den 23:e juni 2012
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom - Två nya bidrag
Ett par filmer ska man väl orka se på idag mellan Formel 1-kvalet och fotbollsmatchen..
Två nya bidrag till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före den 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
By Mimesis Monday
Filmed at UWA and Further along the path
paramparamm Papp -- Alpha Tribe
UWA Treasure -- Paul R. Montford's "Socrates"
Sound from Freesound.org
All filming by Mimesis Monday/Heidi Dahlsveen
Text from "Pre-Dialogue", II Edmond Jabes
Translated by Rosmarie Waldrop
Wisdom for 2012 - God is Alive - Magic is Afoot revised aqua's Law's of Physics 17
By aquaglo
This is the revisedversion of one i just did, subtle differences...It is number 17 in a series of videos I have made on a journey of self discovery. Life and Wisdom are a journey.. each of us follow... the conscious realization that the JOURNEY is the essence of life and wisdom is the beginning of true self-knowledge, and peace in your heart. A special thanks to the musical artist Buffie Saint-Marie and to my mentors and friends Mr. Dee and "U" .., , to the particle artists of SecondLife Website Korii and Shark, to the University of Western Australia sim, and to the Treasures of their sim, the Rose Window, Tower Clock, Somerville Auditorium, the Rodney Alsop Reflection Pool and ajoining Statue of Diotima, and the Sunken Garden.,, LEA art sim and artist exhibits,, to Inspier Space Park and to my own Homestead where some shots were taken , Aqua's Oneness 2012 Island , to my God, the Universal light that guides me, and to ZA- the omega and the alpha , love with no beginning nor ending.. it just " is "..the love of existence ,. Peace be with you all. Namaste ...
Två nya bidrag till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före den 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
By Mimesis Monday
Filmed at UWA and Further along the path
paramparamm Papp -- Alpha Tribe
UWA Treasure -- Paul R. Montford's "Socrates"
Sound from Freesound.org
All filming by Mimesis Monday/Heidi Dahlsveen
Text from "Pre-Dialogue", II Edmond Jabes
Translated by Rosmarie Waldrop
Wisdom for 2012 - God is Alive - Magic is Afoot revised aqua's Law's of Physics 17
By aquaglo
This is the revisedversion of one i just did, subtle differences...It is number 17 in a series of videos I have made on a journey of self discovery. Life and Wisdom are a journey.. each of us follow... the conscious realization that the JOURNEY is the essence of life and wisdom is the beginning of true self-knowledge, and peace in your heart. A special thanks to the musical artist Buffie Saint-Marie and to my mentors and friends Mr. Dee and "U" .., , to the particle artists of SecondLife Website Korii and Shark, to the University of Western Australia sim, and to the Treasures of their sim, the Rose Window, Tower Clock, Somerville Auditorium, the Rodney Alsop Reflection Pool and ajoining Statue of Diotima, and the Sunken Garden.,, LEA art sim and artist exhibits,, to Inspier Space Park and to my own Homestead where some shots were taken , Aqua's Oneness 2012 Island , to my God, the Universal light that guides me, and to ZA- the omega and the alpha , love with no beginning nor ending.. it just " is "..the love of existence ,. Peace be with you all. Namaste ...
Etiketter:
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom
fredagen den 22:e juni 2012
Tidig midsommarafton med Philip

Midsommaraftonen började i in world redan 01.00 för Kluddens och 70 andra avatarers del i Burn2 med en frågestund med ingen mindre än Second Lifes grundare Philip Rosedale som gjorde ett av sina numera sällsynta inhopp med sin avatar Philip Linden. 
Philip fick bara snälla frågor och mycket beröm för såväl sitt nya avatarutseende som för att ha skapat en virtuell värld som betytt så mycket för så många under sina första nio år.

Philip berättade bland annat att han under sitt första besök på Burning Man IRL fått idén till en virtuell värld som skulle kunna se ut ungefär som de byggen som reses där mitt ute i öknen varje år. Och att det dessutom skulle vara lika lätt att ta kontakt och samarbeta med andra som han upplevde att det var där till skillnad från vardagslivet där man för det mesta bara umgås otvunget med människor man redan känner.
På frågan om han tyckte att det blivit som han ville svarade Philip att i det stora hela har Second Life blivit som han drömde om, men att man var tidigt ute och tekniken inte riktigt fanns där då. Hade man startat idag skulle SL vara "moln"-baserat utan egna servrar t ex. En utveckling han gärna velat för avatarlivet var att man kunde skapat ögonkontakt!
En sådan hör ännu bara primatarlivet till, liksom midsommaraftonsfirandet med kärlek, matjesillstårta och ekologisk snaps som vidtog efter ett par timmars sömn :)
Etiketter:
Burn2,
Philip Linden,
Philip Rosedale
torsdagen den 21:e juni 2012
Gott midsommarsolstånd och trevlig midsommar!
Idag när det är midsommarsolstånd enligt kalendern bjuder Artwolf Eternal in till fest med finskt hedniskt tema på taket på sitt Future Vision Gallery på Solace Island med början 22:00.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Solace%20Island/185/211/42
Ett tips för den som är inloggad på själva den svenska midsommarafton är att titta förbi Annabellas Rockabillycafé och dansbanan där.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Morrison/148/43/96
Apmel är iaf glad att han tittade in på Jardin d´Milli så här i midsommartid :)

TREVLIG MIDSOMMAR ALLA!
Etiketter:
midsommar
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom - Still Watching
Ett nytt bidrag till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före sista 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
By Hypatia Pickens
Rose Borchovsky's multi-faceted and heart-rending exhibit in Second Life: a mother, Beth, and her young daughter, Lot, have become separated during the war. Beth's bereavement has no closure. "The Inevitability of Fate" is a title with a double meaning, as "lot" in Dutch means "fate." What Lot's inevitability is remains unknown, and I hope to have kept it so, even if I have given her a voice in this film. Caveat: that voice is soft, so don't turn up your speakers.Music by Kevin MacLeod: "March of the Mind" (royalty free creative commons license: www.incompetech.com). All other sounds by Rose Borchovsky, captured by my inworld recorder.
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
By Hypatia Pickens
Rose Borchovsky's multi-faceted and heart-rending exhibit in Second Life: a mother, Beth, and her young daughter, Lot, have become separated during the war. Beth's bereavement has no closure. "The Inevitability of Fate" is a title with a double meaning, as "lot" in Dutch means "fate." What Lot's inevitability is remains unknown, and I hope to have kept it so, even if I have given her a voice in this film. Caveat: that voice is soft, so don't turn up your speakers.Music by Kevin MacLeod: "March of the Mind" (royalty free creative commons license: www.incompetech.com). All other sounds by Rose Borchovsky, captured by my inworld recorder.
And Igor is...

When Rose Borchovski was interviewed by Rowan Derryth at Ekphrasis Live @ SL9B at 4pm slt yesterday she told us among other things that her famous Susa (in 33 incarnations) actually was Lot from her latest installation! Got me thinking..
Etiketter:
Rose Borchovski,
Rowan Derryth
MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom - First Emperor
Ett nytt bidrag till machinimatävlingen MachinimUWA V: Seek Wisdom (klicka på länken för tävlingsreglerna). Nu med 775000 Linden i prissumma (se Machinima Powerhouses Project48 & UWA Join Forces ) och med förlängt slutdatum till den 3 juli. Detta gäller nu även UWA Centenary 3D Art Challenge med en prissumma på 550000 Linden. Ta chansen och skicka in ett eller flera bidrag före sista 3 juli! Hur svårt kan det va? Apmel sitter i juryn :)
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
Written and directed by Larkworthy Antfarm. Starring Pinetree Sungsoo, Iemitsu Nakamura, Josiane Llewellyn.
Music: The Han Palace Autumn Moon by the People of Ancient China.
http://archive.org/details/FamousAncientChineseTunes
Art: "Primscape Dream" Sledge Ruffo
Filmed at Qinhuai - The Jade Lute Mansion, The Great Wall of China, Sichuan, Tomb of the Warriors, Tenth Rua in Second Life.
PS. Glöm inte UWA Machinima Movie Poster Contest som också pågår parallellt.
Written and directed by Larkworthy Antfarm. Starring Pinetree Sungsoo, Iemitsu Nakamura, Josiane Llewellyn.
Music: The Han Palace Autumn Moon by the People of Ancient China.
http://archive.org/details/FamousAncientChineseTunes
Art: "Primscape Dream" Sledge Ruffo
Filmed at Qinhuai - The Jade Lute Mansion, The Great Wall of China, Sichuan, Tomb of the Warriors, Tenth Rua in Second Life.
onsdagen den 20:e juni 2012
Philip Linden coming to Conception! Tomorrow Thursday 21st June at 4:00 PM SLT
Group Notice From: BurningMan 2.0, Marianne McCann
Birthdays, Beginnings, Conceptions. When something we love is born, we love to celebrate its being-ness. When two things we love come together in one person, we really have something to get excited about! Please join us in Burning Man- Deep Hole on Thursday, 21st June at 4:00 PM SLT for an informal talk with Philip Linden -- avid Burner and Founder of Second Life -- as he recounts stories from "the old days". We'll have an opportunity to ask him about the beginnings of Second Life nine years ago.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Burning%20Man-%20Deep%20Hole/224/93/24
With the Second Life 9th Birthday upon us, we with Burn2 want to take a moment to explain why Second Life would not be what it is without us. The key lies with Second Life's founder and first (and third) CEO, Philip Rosedale, the first life incarnation of Philip Linden.
Way back in 2009, on Second Life's own blog, Phil said the following:
"It has been said that I was inspired to build Second Life when I first went to Burning Man in 1999 (the year I founded Linden Lab), but that isn't quite true. I had been thinking about building Second Life since I was in high school. When I got to Burning Man, I had long been obsessed with the idea of what a fascinating thing it would be to use computers to simulate reality - to basically build the worlds biggest Lego kit - one that would let you build a whole universe out of digital 'atoms'. But I hadn't really thought much about what the community and social experience of being in such a digital world would be, or what sort of things people would build and for what reasons. So when I pulled up in the middle of the night and passed through the gates into the city, I was blown away by the sudden realization that probably the world of Second Life would look and feel a lot like Burning Man."
While Second Life may have been gestating in Philip's head a lot longer than his arrival on the playa, it's clear that the social framework that makes up Second Life, and the world we conceive of at Burning Man, are linked.
What's more: if Second Life's community mirrors that of Burning Man, than surely the community that springs forth of the pixelated playa of Burn2 is one step further in: A community ir burners conceived within the Second Life community, conceived within the Burning Man community that forms each year in the Black Rock Desert.
http://www.burn2.org
Birthdays, Beginnings, Conceptions. When something we love is born, we love to celebrate its being-ness. When two things we love come together in one person, we really have something to get excited about! Please join us in Burning Man- Deep Hole on Thursday, 21st June at 4:00 PM SLT for an informal talk with Philip Linden -- avid Burner and Founder of Second Life -- as he recounts stories from "the old days". We'll have an opportunity to ask him about the beginnings of Second Life nine years ago.

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Burning%20Man-%20Deep%20Hole/224/93/24
With the Second Life 9th Birthday upon us, we with Burn2 want to take a moment to explain why Second Life would not be what it is without us. The key lies with Second Life's founder and first (and third) CEO, Philip Rosedale, the first life incarnation of Philip Linden.
Way back in 2009, on Second Life's own blog, Phil said the following:
"It has been said that I was inspired to build Second Life when I first went to Burning Man in 1999 (the year I founded Linden Lab), but that isn't quite true. I had been thinking about building Second Life since I was in high school. When I got to Burning Man, I had long been obsessed with the idea of what a fascinating thing it would be to use computers to simulate reality - to basically build the worlds biggest Lego kit - one that would let you build a whole universe out of digital 'atoms'. But I hadn't really thought much about what the community and social experience of being in such a digital world would be, or what sort of things people would build and for what reasons. So when I pulled up in the middle of the night and passed through the gates into the city, I was blown away by the sudden realization that probably the world of Second Life would look and feel a lot like Burning Man."
While Second Life may have been gestating in Philip's head a lot longer than his arrival on the playa, it's clear that the social framework that makes up Second Life, and the world we conceive of at Burning Man, are linked.
What's more: if Second Life's community mirrors that of Burning Man, than surely the community that springs forth of the pixelated playa of Burn2 is one step further in: A community ir burners conceived within the Second Life community, conceived within the Burning Man community that forms each year in the Black Rock Desert.
http://www.burn2.org
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Burn2,
Philip Rosedale
Filmen i huvudet
Den här serien handlar om hur filmen i huvudet hamnat där och hur det kan förklaras men också hur det inte kan förklaras.
Alla kommentarer och frågor är som vanligt välkomna, även per mail till filmenihuvudet@indexkompaniet.se
Texterna skickas också ut som notecards i Apmels öppna grupp IB Bok Kafe och kan även diskuteras där, liksom på onlinediskussionsforumet Cognito.se (sök inlägg av Lelle) och på Filosofiforum.com där jag skriver under eget namn.

VAR SITTER TOLKEN?
Jag är en hårdnackad materialist och som sådan har jag hittills alltid sloganmässigt sagt att liv ”bara är kemi” och att ett medvetet jag med en egen agenda (ett subjekt) bara är en ”computation” (något en finurligt programmerad dator skulle kunna ha).
Den vanliga svenska översättningen av ”computation” är visserligen det fantasilösa ordet beräkning, men den engelska synonymen ”figuring” har också betydelsen ”att tänka”. Att tillverka en maskin som kunde tänka är bara, har jag tänkt, en fråga om tid och bättre programmering, kanske med hjälp av evolutionslika algoritmer i en självnavigerande robot.
Men det här sättet att tänka, som jag delar med många, som döljer det som man tror bara är detaljer i en eller flera ”svarta lådor” som kan öppnas vad det lider, riskerar att visa sig vara en rad av kinesiska askar där man aldrig blottlägger det som man egentligen behöver förklara.
Rent bokstavligt är allt tal om ändamålsenlighet (att agera utifrån ett mål) logiskt osammanhängande för en materialist. Det materiella tillståndet i en framtid kan inte sätta gränser för materiella processer i nuet. En materiell modell av en möjlig framtid kan visserligen göra det, men vad bestämmer att modellen är en karta för framtiden?
En modell är en abstraktion. Den bygger lika lite som dagens virtuella datorvärldar upp en verklighet som är lika detaljrik som det den vill vara en modell av. Det gäller inte bara algoritmer i datorer utan även de beskrivningar vi använder oss av till vardags, vårt språk.
Om man tror att språket inte kräver en tolk har man förväxlat kartan med verkligheten. Det som bestämmer hur modeller ska tolkas vare sig de är mjukvara till datorer eller medfödd grammatik och inlärt språk finns inte inuti askarna med alltmer detaljerade modeller, utan måste komma utifrån.
Efter att Alan Turing och Alonzo Church för ett halvt århundrade sedan visat att vilken godtycklig fysisk process som helst kan tolkas som en ”computation” - och därför likställas med informationshantering - har en del kosmologiskt och filosofiskt intresserade vetenskapsmän hamnat i en modern variant av den filosofiska panpsychismen där den amerikanske fysikern Seth Lloyd kanske uttryckt det klarast med ”here is where life shows up. Because the universe is already computing from the very beginning when it starts..”
Men för att fysiska processer ska vara informationshantering måste de handla om någonting annars är de bara omedvetna händelser.
TOLKAREN går inte att hitta längst ut i universums början heller.
Alla kommentarer och frågor är som vanligt välkomna, även per mail till filmenihuvudet@indexkompaniet.se
Texterna skickas också ut som notecards i Apmels öppna grupp IB Bok Kafe och kan även diskuteras där, liksom på onlinediskussionsforumet Cognito.se (sök inlägg av Lelle) och på Filosofiforum.com där jag skriver under eget namn.
VAR SITTER TOLKEN?
Jag är en hårdnackad materialist och som sådan har jag hittills alltid sloganmässigt sagt att liv ”bara är kemi” och att ett medvetet jag med en egen agenda (ett subjekt) bara är en ”computation” (något en finurligt programmerad dator skulle kunna ha).
Den vanliga svenska översättningen av ”computation” är visserligen det fantasilösa ordet beräkning, men den engelska synonymen ”figuring” har också betydelsen ”att tänka”. Att tillverka en maskin som kunde tänka är bara, har jag tänkt, en fråga om tid och bättre programmering, kanske med hjälp av evolutionslika algoritmer i en självnavigerande robot.
Men det här sättet att tänka, som jag delar med många, som döljer det som man tror bara är detaljer i en eller flera ”svarta lådor” som kan öppnas vad det lider, riskerar att visa sig vara en rad av kinesiska askar där man aldrig blottlägger det som man egentligen behöver förklara.
Rent bokstavligt är allt tal om ändamålsenlighet (att agera utifrån ett mål) logiskt osammanhängande för en materialist. Det materiella tillståndet i en framtid kan inte sätta gränser för materiella processer i nuet. En materiell modell av en möjlig framtid kan visserligen göra det, men vad bestämmer att modellen är en karta för framtiden?
En modell är en abstraktion. Den bygger lika lite som dagens virtuella datorvärldar upp en verklighet som är lika detaljrik som det den vill vara en modell av. Det gäller inte bara algoritmer i datorer utan även de beskrivningar vi använder oss av till vardags, vårt språk.
Om man tror att språket inte kräver en tolk har man förväxlat kartan med verkligheten. Det som bestämmer hur modeller ska tolkas vare sig de är mjukvara till datorer eller medfödd grammatik och inlärt språk finns inte inuti askarna med alltmer detaljerade modeller, utan måste komma utifrån.
Efter att Alan Turing och Alonzo Church för ett halvt århundrade sedan visat att vilken godtycklig fysisk process som helst kan tolkas som en ”computation” - och därför likställas med informationshantering - har en del kosmologiskt och filosofiskt intresserade vetenskapsmän hamnat i en modern variant av den filosofiska panpsychismen där den amerikanske fysikern Seth Lloyd kanske uttryckt det klarast med ”here is where life shows up. Because the universe is already computing from the very beginning when it starts..”
Men för att fysiska processer ska vara informationshantering måste de handla om någonting annars är de bara omedvetna händelser.
TOLKAREN går inte att hitta längst ut i universums början heller.
Etiketter:
Filmen i huvudet
En nästan perfekt kväll

Det var fullt när Ocho Club Tango öppnade igår. Man fick passa på när någon lämnade för att komma in. Med gemensamma ansträngningar lyckades Apmel och ush ändå träffas i baren.

Vi hade en hel del att prata om och vilket bättre sätt finns än att dansa tango medan man immar..

Joaquin Gustaf spelade härlig gitarr men vi hängde kvar en bra stund efter att han slutat och det blev en nästan perfekt kväll.

ush Underwood: let me say it this way ... basically i feel just "almost"
Apmel Goosson: I know..not religious
ush Underwood: if i am a godess .. ppl will tell me in time
ush Underwood: t y for this dance apmel
Apmel Goosson: t y ush
Apmel Goosson: and bussi
ush Underwood: almost !
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tango,
ush Underwood
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