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5 hours ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

Thera

The slow mounting steps
Are wide,
Worn smooth
With a million sandaled feet.

And the walls, bone white
With wash,
Sunsplashed
And brushed by evening light,

Narrow as I slog
Upwards,
Wading
Through sticky, molten air.

At last, a gate appears,
Blazing,
Blinding ...
And, predictably, locked.

Balked, I drop on to a
Step, and
Survey
The twisted stair below.

I ride a volcano,
Cling to
The sides
Of a broken caldera

Torn from the sea. It was
Pretty
Bad news
For old sea-faring Crete:

Knossos, labyrinth,
Minos, his
Monster,
A thousand black ships tumbled

Upon the olive groves.
Phaedra
Perhaps
Stood forlorn and alone

Amidst the smoking wreck:
Topless,
Broken,
The painted walls nod their

Too familiar refrain:
"Thus high,
And no
Higher, even for you."

No home here now; did she
Ponder
Escape
Across the churning sea?

Did the girl smile thoughtful,
Her mind
Turning
To that well-packaged stud

From Athens? Yeah, don't go
There. Ask
Sis what
She thinks: the guy's a dud.

Or maybe she recalls
One, no!
Two! who
Fled the doomed palace, the cracked

Inventor and his son
Flinging
Themselves
Skyward on chewing gum,

Old feathers, and a prayer?
That one
Ended
A bit of a downer.

But now the shade creeps close
And cool,
Although
The gate still burns behind,

And I rise, brushing off
The earth.
A glance
Back, and down I descend

Into shadow. There are
More ways
Than one
To fall short of the sun.

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love everything... included the outfit 😉

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4 hours ago, manoji Yachvili said:

love everything... included the outfit 😉

Thanks, Manoji! The outfit, which of course I have cravenly stolen from you, actually ultimately determined pretty much everything about this photo, including the poem.

That's a pretty nice store, and inexpensive! I need to spend some more time looking over what they've got. And maybe composing a celebratory encomium in  iambic pentameter for them . . . 😉

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4 hours ago, manoji Yachvili said:

wake up in a red zone.. isn't so frightening as is shown by all the newspapers but certainly is time to pay more attention to the daily life not only for ourself but also for the fragile people around us.
waiting for better time.

I have a feeling that more of us will soon be finding ourselves in this kind of situation. But, yes, there will be a better time. This too shall pass.

In the meantime, keep yourself safe.

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11 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said:

That's a pretty nice store, and inexpensive! I need to spend some more time looking over what they've got. And maybe composing a celebratory encomium in their iambic pentameter for them . . . 😉

You tease! You can’t say this and not tell us which store. 😀

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sorry.. an other post today
this is for @Stranger Hoxley because in a previous post, if remember well, you asked me where did I buyed my dreadlocks.
I've realized that I've done a big mistake because I gived you the lm of an other shop 😱

this is the right one... sorry sorry sorry 😘

 

(trying to relax a little bit)

 

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/nomatch-NOMOJITO-Pack-of-BLACKS/9621175

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48 minutes ago, manoji Yachvili said:

sorry.. an other post today
this is for @Stranger Hoxley because in a previous post, if remember well, you asked me where did I buyed my dreadlocks.
I've realized that I've done a big mistake because I gived you the lm of an other shop 😱

this is the right one... sorry sorry sorry 😘

 

(trying to relax a little bit)

 

https://marketplace.secondlife.com/p/nomatch-NOMOJITO-Pack-of-BLACKS/9621175

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The remarks in this thread made me think how it would be (maybe) be fun to remark on the picture before the one we post.

Well, this looks relaxing.  I've never done that much in SL.  I'll have to think about doing that!  

I just moved in and I'm playing.  I do not know what I want to decorate my house with yet.  (p.s.  I'm trying to make a slip for under the dress but haven't had a chance to really play with texturing it yet.  Though the slip is still way to short...I know that...still working on it.)

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14 hours ago, Rhiannon108 said:

Trying to experiment more with composition. Feel awkward and stupid. But, here's another photo of how I look (most days)...

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You can ask for feedback in thread or via forum PM. Otherwise, most here are not going to be critical of your image. We do get into image quality and all its aspects. But, the thread is about our avatars and how they look. We tend to stay with the Wow and Nice comments here unless we are specifically asked for help or feedback. There is a thread about how to use Black Dragon for best results. It is more of an I did this and want better... so, how do you... Plus a lot of "where is..." questions. It is not a critiquing thread either.

Youtube has lots of tutorials on photography and a bunch on SL photography. Search on image composition to get the ones that may give you what you seem interested in.

Feeling awkward is part of the learning process. Take it as feedback you know you can do better.

Feeling stupid is optional and totally unnecessary. It is a nice picture.

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