A Faire Forward
At the moment log-ins to Second Life are disabled, a frustrating but oddly nostalgia-inducing circumstance for me as I settled down to tackle a number of loose and loosening ends before they frayed further. It has been perhaps three years since I can remember being so thwarted by the capricious currents of the digital seas; I'm aware of course that it still happens enough to be a nuisance, but Ive had the good luck I suppose that until today its never actually forced me to change my course of activity. So for better or for worse, the Arx Loricatus blog suddenly finds itself the center of my attention again, if a center does in fact exist.
I've had a very busy few months, one of those brief life periods we all have where it seems that all the challenges and responsibilities we had hoped to manage one at a time suddenly arrive together on your doorstep and decided to bring the kids and the dog too. As much as you want to give each thing the time and attention you envisioned, sometimes you just have to let go of some things in order to grab on to others. Unless you are a good juggler. If you are a juggler, well then you have it made.
I'm not a juggler.
However, this blog is not just another mental bottle rocket that zipped up into the sky, burst into pretty colors and came tumbling down, lost in the fringes of the vacant lot of good intentions. Arx Loricatus is not simply a hobby or pastime to me, neither is Second Life. They are an ever evolving expression of who I am; my spirit, my dreams, my identity; a medium of creation that has never ceased to inspire, enrich, challenge and reward me.
Despite my disappointment over being unable to bring many exciting projects to completion before the commencement of this year's Fantasy Faire event, I look forward presenting the final results of my efforts over the coming weeks. For now, however, I will leave any more details for a later time and next share my ongoing experiences at the most remarkable assembly of brilliant imaginations that I believe the grid has ever witnessed.
Friends Fighting Cancer's Relay For Life benefit: Fantasy Faire 2012.
Provided I can log in ......
