Anne Forbes

Sold! Ty

2496 Sq. m. (G) http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Ganymede/149/169/23 Boating, Sailing, Water Make an offer! Thanks, Anne

I did happen to see the burning/raining man festival coverage when it hit the news earlier this year. I don't normally see anything about BM in the news, so it caught my eye. I agree about Philip being enamored with the creativity. It reminds me of the John Lennon/Paul McCartney interview where they were talking about starting Apple Corps. John says they "Set it up and then see where it goes. It's like a top and we set it goin' and hope for the best." In Second Life's case though, it was spinning dildos.

Oh! Okay. Just curious, who is "we". Do you have any evidence that it doesn't, other than your opinion?

Hi, Prok, I originally started the thread with "Is SL still like Burning Man or do you feel it has changed through the years?". It confused people who weren't aware of SL's history. I added the sources after the responses started showing up. Thanks for the responses. Anne

A big thanks to the talented businesses and content creators who have been so generous with the SL community this holiday season! Happy holidays to everyone.

Sold. Thank you!

Gone? 😟 Say it ain't so! It was so fun!

2048 Sq.m. Sailing to 100's of sims. Rez a train, ride a pod over the rails and/or a pod boat as well. Take advantage of the adjacent rez zone directly behind the property. Stop in and take a look. Thanks, Anne http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Vicina/120/43/26

Please enlighten us with your sources, Silent. "Gifting Burning Man is devoted to acts of gift giving. The value of a gift is unconditional. Gifting does not contemplate a return or an exchange for something of equal value." Freebies are very common in SL, as well as group gifts. Thanks to all of the creators that uphold this principle. It helps new residents tremendously and continues to be appreciated by the community. 💗 "Communal Effort Our community values creative cooperation and collaboration. We strive to produce, promote and protect social networks, public spaces, works of art, and methods of communication that support such interaction." We are immersed in a creative world where we often help each other learn. There are many free tutorials on the Internet and on YouTube. People have taken the time to share their knowledge. Thank you! "Participation Our community is committed to a radically participatory ethic. We believe that transformative change, whether in the individual or in society, can occur only through the medium of deeply personal participation. We achieve being through doing. Everyone is invited to work. Everyone is invited to play. We make the world real through actions that open the heart. There are almost endless events and groups that invite community participation. Hosts, artists and DJ's invest their time and money to entertain us. I have discovered new musicians and artists thanks to their generosity through the years. Thank you for helping us to feel included and sharing your music and talent with us!

New World Notes: Burning Man, Which Inspired Second Life, Gets Griefed Like Second Life (blogs.com)

These were taken at the Motown Sim and the Linden Birthday Celebration recently. #:1 Brett Linden. #2: Madori Linden. #3: Lunar Mole. #4: Philip Rosedale.

The 10 Principles of Burning Man | Burning Man Is SL still like this or do you feel it has changed through the years? "In fact, today’s conversations around the metaverse remind me a lot of the conversations we were having nearly 20 years ago about Second Life, which Philip Rosedale’s Linden Lab launched in 2003. Rosedale is very clear about the ways in which he was inspired by Snow Crash. He is also clear, however, that a trip to Burning Man in the late 1990s forever framed his thinking about virtual worlds, their inhabitants, and their ethos." ~ The metaverse is just a new word for an old idea | MIT Technology Review "A pivotal stop was Burning Man, the orgiastic festival in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada. A self-described introvert, Rosedale got turned in a major way by the togetherness and expressiveness of the scene. “I would just walk up to you and be like, ‘Dude, nice outfit,'” he says. “I wasn’t high. I was just walking around and just felt that way.” There was something about being stuck in the desert with a group of strangers, and forming what he calls this “magical social construct” that spoke to him deeply. And, though he’s only been to the festival once, he says it remains a profound influence for the alternate society he’s building. Rosedale said: “Burning Man is wondrously purposeless,” he says. “It asks you not to have a reason to be there. You’re brought together by hostility of the environment. You think you could die out there, and you could die. It gets cold, the wind comes up on you. You’re brought together by a need to protect each other in the harsh environment. Second Life is a new scary, difficult environment. People are brought together by their desire to help each other through it at the beginning… Burning Man is Second Life.” ~ David Kushner: Inside Second Life With Creator Philip Rosedale – Rolling Stone "I want my kindred: those with whom I have full fellow-feeling.” ~ Charlotte Bronte

It's back! 😀 Second Life Maps | Winter Wonderland 5