I think that one of my favourite gifts of SL is that it lets me experiment with different personas. It lets me explore different looks (what would I look like blond? eeep no). But on the larger sense, what if you could put yourself in another’s skin? (NO, NOT IN A CREEPY WAY! OMG)
I’ve always loved being a fae in the world… and more recently in the past year or two, a neko… and more recently playing with the most wonderful exotic skins from Fallen Gods.
Beyond the appreciation for a beautiful skin, what does it mean? I think it’s a chance to see the parts of you that you keep inside, that you don’t let the outside world see… maybe the parts you don’t let yourself see. The cracks, the breaks, the broken… and the brilliant.
- Fallen Gods — Lumina Eclipse skin
- Ally Adventure — Artemis Chain Mail skirt and top (black) (Freya/Isis/Venus/Maitreya/Physique/Hourglass/Standard fitmesh) (Marketplace Link)
- Luanes World — Try to forget you pose
- an lar [poses] — Being Miss Red – Five (m) pose
- [Kikay] — look up! pose
For all of this introspection, what have I learned?
I think a little bit back to the solar eclipse of 2017. It was the first solar eclipse I’d seen, and I drove hours and hours to get to a place to see it. I wasn’t disappointed. A minute and a half of totality… and a lifetime shift in perspective. All of a sudden… the world felt different… the view of the solar corona, the strange feel of a chill in the air on a humid hot summer day…. a world revealed in the dark.
I think, for me, that every avatar, every look… is a little slice of what’s inside. Dark, hopeful, despairing, joyful, twisted, flirty, cross… shining. Every bit is a part of me, and every bit celebrated.
Even the pain-in-the-butt bits. (NO, NOT THAT WAY, OMG!)
Happy Aloha Friday, my lovely ones. For all the pain and hardship, you are beautiful. I believe in you.
Mahalo! A hui hou kākou!