Cienega's Edge / Cienega Soon Gallery

BurningMan2 "Verismo" Theme Camp 2011

2011-08-22T14:28:00.000-07:00

As the Burn draws closer Verismo will reveal some of its direction ... Watch for it!

The Team: Daark Gothly, Mazie Halpern and myself

Cienega Soon Gallery at Misali Closes May 9th 2010

2010-05-06T16:02:00.000-07:00

After much thought and concern, I took a moment away from SL and relaxed doing nothing, my conclusion… I have made the bittersweet choice of closing the Gallery at Misali. I am not leaving Second Life by no means but the gallery situation will become an emergence in the near future, NEW in many ways ... its time for Change.

I hate same ‘ness and dullish things. I love new everything once in a while. Just like my music, never old music always new.

My home now, the free-Linden-home stuck in the middle of a million matching buildings on a 512 lot with no free ground to plant a tree in ... it will force me to think WAAAAy out of the box. I don't like being confined so if you see smoke over the top of all those scary-linden-homes, Its just me rubbing two sticks together over a smoldering new idea.

Art and creativity make a human whole …if we are not makers of it then we are collectors/users of it. But it will ALWAYS be important

I want to thank all of the artists that supported CS Gallery. I want to say thank you to each one that brought their work to be shown. I have been inspired and moved by your talent.

I will continue to support SL art and all the artists that create from this crazy place we play in, for some its not just play but a passion to create in. I have been awe of all the AMAZING talent in all areas of second life's needs, since the first day I stepped my avatar foot in SL ... be it, building, artwork/textures, scripting and programs, all AMAZING.

I will still be doing my Full Perm Textures, as they seem to always be the in-between glue on everything I do.

The Cienega Soon Gallery Group will still be in tact as I plan to support and encourage new and seasoned artists around SL I will sponsor shows from time to time and would love to notify all the artists in my group to participate.

SEE YOU ALL EVERYWHERE ANYTIME cuz I cant just sit in that linden box for to many minutes, see you soon

Love N Kisses
Cien
Eighteen months of bliss, I will sadly miss my Beautiful Island home at Misali

2010-02-19T16:59:00.000-08:00

the work of other Artists exhibiting in the Gallery are aknowledged the video is 7 min 40 sec long.

Cienega Soon Gallery from tikaf viper on Vimeo.

2010-02-10T09:29:00.000-08:00

Video: Cienega Soon Gallery
Cienega Soon Gallery Presents: Love Lust

Although Love and Lust have a close relation to each other
One Deep
One Shallow
Both Burning
Both Painful
One from the Heart
One from the Mind
The emotion for each is something we never forget.
Mind, Body, Heat, Safety, Desire, Jealousy, Secrets, Madness, Fear and Surrender, all Passion, PASSION that Rocks our very soul.

THIS, A Valentine for YOU!
This display of emotion is worth seeing, seeing if in this group of artists, one has captured your LOVE or LUST

ByrneDarkly Cazalet
Tess Falworth
Mecca Merosi
Daark Gothly -sculpture
fee Quintessa
Kira Westland
Eirela Lane
Stochastic Mode
Stephen Venkman
Adianna Price

Opens Friday at 12:01 am SLT February 12th
Cienega Soon Gallery

Winter Landscapes in Black & White

2009-12-05T19:43:00.000-08:00

Black & White Winter landscapes ... its a Winter Wonderland

ARTIST LIST

ByrneDarkly Cazalet

Cynthia Wheeler

Tess Falworth

Eirela Lane

Petr Vanbeeck

Stephen Venkman

Mecca Merosi

Rawnie Lane

Kira Westland

Adianna Price

Every piece is a masterpiece. Come see and explore the island Gallery. Purchase a truly stunning black & white winterlandscape for yourself or as a gift.

All pieces available inside main gallery and throughout the landscape of the island

Visit > Cienega Soon Gallery

2009-10-23T10:14:00.000-07:00

"Vampire The Hunt" Opens Midnight October 23rd 2009

Vampire Vampira Vampiro Vampir Vampier Βαμπίρ Вампир
... anyway you say it,
it brings up images in our mind of stories we've read or the movies we've seen
... or could they be real?

Get ready for ... "Vampire ... The Hunt"

The whole Island exhibit will be DARK ... Dark and Red
... an environment that makes Vamps and their nemesis feel at home

20 Talented Artists ... not listed here
Come see who and what they've done!

Special Guest Artist Showing in Juicy Gallery:
~Alia Qunhua "Dark Experience" ... A must see showing!

slurl.com/secondlife/Misali/146/55/22

2009-10-17T23:11:00.000-07:00

OUT OF THE BOX NOT ALLOWED? ~by Cienega Soon

YouTube Film by ColeMarie Soleil

Evolution? Revolution! Yes!
Make a Change ... GET out of that Box! Every Generation Needs A New Revolution.
Create OUT of the Box! Get out of the Box and Create Change...Revolt!
"One Man With Courage Is A Majority" ~Thomas Jefferson
"All Tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain slient" ~Thoman Jefferson
"Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do!" ~Thomas Jefferson
ACTION
"Do you want to know how you are? Don't ask ACT! Action will delineate and define you" ~Thomas Jefferson

After spending time studying some history of our government in the past .... in its beginning ... I found some things that are showing its head now ... again.

People mostly stay complacent, comfortable, unaware, oblivious .... blind to what is really happening around them. Like living in a box. Some boxes larger than others but all the same ... Box.

Some boxes are created out of lack of interest or in some cases a familiar knowing, not likely to venture out into the unknown. Strangely enough fear plays the biggest part of its perimeter.

An artist deals with: Medium Rules and Their Application, Censorship, Pier Pressure, Jealousy, All can be reasons they create in a box. Its like they are told these are your limits, you will suffer the humiliation of critics on a public level. Some artists bow to this pressure, even in the slightest way and backs down or quits.

The human need to create is in us all. Those of us whom choose to create unleash the magic from within and smile with our hearts inside out. Those, whom choose not to create, have tight eyebrows and criticize, thus is where Critics come from. WE don’t listen to them EVER! And you can quote me on this ~Cien “-) Yeah ... SL art is ART

"If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams." Yann Martel

In RL we have built ourselves some dangerous Boxes... I have collected some Quotes by Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, Former US Presidents. YOU MUST study the past to see where you stand now, YOU must Study to see where you’re headed. There are some shocking details to be found in our present situation, foretold by the past. GET OUT OF YOUR BOX ... BEGIN A REVOLUTION ... LOOK TO THE FUTURE AND PREPARE! Yes it is Allowed.. You can get out of your boxes. To stay enclosed in a fabricated safe box is ludicrous. CREATE OUT SIDE OF THAT BOX ... YOUR FUTURE DEPENDS ON FREEDOM! EVEN THE FREEDOM TO GROW YOUR OWN FOOD.... FIND OUT ... TALK WITH OTHERS. DONT LET LIES KEEP YOU TRAPPED IN A BOX.

"Take time to deliberate but when the time for action arrives stop thinking and go in" ~Andrew Jackson
"Every Generation Needs A New Revolution" ~Thomas Jefferson

click HERE to Visit Out of the Box not Allowed? at Burning Life 2009

2009-09-22T03:08:00.000-07:00

Only a few more days and the Gallery sim will undergo a big change. The next exhibit will be dark and red. Vampires will be invading Misali.

"Vampire The Hunt"

For a sneak peek at the exhibiting artists stop in and hit the teleporter and choose Vampire Pit.

20 Artists will expose their Vampire side
Opening Midnight October 23rd

Come see how the need for blood brings out the egotistic side of a Vampire's night life.

The current exhibit "Both Sides of The Story will end this weekend. Don't miss this exciting exhibit of 16 artists showing two pieces to express their story.

Click here to visit: Cienega Soon Gallery

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CS Gallery Invitational 2009

2009-08-03T11:17:00.000-07:00

"Both Sides of The Story"

Sixteen Phenomenal Artists have been invited to create; "Both Sides of The Story". This is NOT a contest, it is a display of a complete thought, and I promise you that these artists will make us think, change our minds or learn something new about emotions, plans, outcome and more.

It was a bit difficult to choose just 16 as the list of great SL photo artists surpasses that number by far.

Their work will be displayed in two places, in the gallery on easels to be sold if they wish, and the best part is the open display of their work on large pirms (10x10 max), out side in the Island landscape. Here is where they will lean, plant or tilt their work with up to 6 additional prims to convey the message a bit further.

Come walk the emotion & understanding when both sides are known. Let the artist show you something different or something you've felt before. The real story is this collection of artists all in one place sharing their soul.

This will be an exciting Show/Exhibit for our minds ... the days will pass fast for the September 1st 2009 Opening.

Visit the Cienega Soon Gallery

Current Exhibiting Invitational
Artist List:

Eves Rodenberger
Fee Quintessa
Cynthia wheeler
Eirela Lane
Silverdrake Sparrow
Panteleimon Aeon
sabra Hemingway
Petr Vanbeeck
Mecca Merosi
Maded Shepherd
Sennaspirit Coronet
Stephen Venkman
Riona Rimbaud
Daark Gothly
Ghostalker Wise
Gigmonger Stine

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Exhibit is now located at: Saint Leo University Virtual Campus

2009-07-10T11:23:00.000-07:00

POST CRISIS ERA EXHIBIT @ OPEN THIS END

"...there will be wings" ... no matter the struggle, no matter the obstacles, the wings appear ... the Hope is real.

The fragile emergence of a butterfly continues. All around it, life throws hardships, some sharp and piercing, some like a fire.

There, just out of sight, looms the possibility of danger ... yet the chrysalis opens. When the wings appear perfectly marked in its planned beauty, they begin to move,
against all odds this being will BE ... and begin ANEW

Its struggles are not seen as an enemy, but its power to be alive ... survival. The first flight is proof that its hope is real.

•••There is no fear ...
••• It Will Become A Butterfly …
••• ... there will be wings ...

Hope - Trust - Believe - and know a change will come
EMERGENCE - SURVIVAL - METAMORPHOSIS - BEGINNING

~Cienega Soon

pick up your free folder of wings and fly with the butterflies
**PLEASE WALK IN THIS EXHIBIT**
(you'll miss the emotion of the piece if you only cam or hover above)
" ... there will be wings"

READ INFO ON POST CRISIS ERA ©Cristina García-Lasuén
SLURL "OPEN THIS END - Post Crisis Era Exhibit" - at Saint Leo University

SL6B ... Last Day July 6th! ... Dont miss the future

2009-06-29T10:42:00.000-07:00

RANCOR @ SL6B

2009-06-17T20:22:00.000-07:00

... three views. The position of thought and expression as portrayed by face or body position.

Three views of expression begin with, "Complex" thus gathering 3 each of; Intricate, Tortuous, Enigmatic and Complicated. Next expression begins with "Regency" thus gathering 3 each of Invincible and Commanding.

All pieces are based on sepia, but with a moment of expressive color defining its view. An interesting collection ... three glances, three views.

Camera Obsura Diabolus Artspace

2009-05-26T23:37:00.000-07:00

Juicy Gallery is proud to present Riona Rimbaud's very first exhibit. "Reflect"

You will find her work eclectic with, as she says; "With out a style of her own". But you will find a similar thread of her in each piece, her simple observation of the moment.

To Riona this is simply fun and if it connects with others then its even nicer.

Come meet this new SL artist as you view her pieces of moments that she chose to reflect her passion, her moments within her art.

Saturday May 3oth 2009 - 11:00 am SLT
Juicy Gallery Exhibit

2009-05-13T11:23:00.000-07:00

The Light side of Flowers, Particles, and Wings of Jazz Calhern's stunning work, beside The Dark side of dark elf Drow, and Dragons of mine.

This is our second time to exhibit together, and I love it. This all new work show brings something for everyone to enjoy.

Fantasia runs through May 30th.
come see: Museum of SL Photography

2009-05-06T17:53:00.000-07:00

Cienega Soon Gallery is now hosting her travels as Dragons, Wyrmlings and Hatchlings take a warm place in her art.

Come see these new pieces for this season. The whole sim is seeing some changes as summer begins to heat up. And as some of you may know, I hate the heat of summer so there is a refreshing rain storm to sit under with a cozy conversation spot.

The artistic layout of Misali, Cienega's Juicy, is meant to be photographed. Please enjoy the lush surroundings for your photos. Plus you have a few minutes to rez pose balls for your shots.

The announced guest artist for the month of June will be announced soon, Please check back often.

If you have any questions at all please feel free to IM me any time.

Cienega Soon Gallery

2009-01-31T11:13:00.001-08:00

uqbar. media art culture ~ARENA Exhibit

Opening Today at 1:00 pm SLT
January 31st - Feburary 2nd 2009

ARENA Cienega Soon

Saying emotion and feelings with art is like music to me. There is a flow of sound through out my work. Not sound effects but a beat from within. A little on the dark side and still light enough to find a connection.

Rancor is for me an important piece. It has a message beyond its dark rich color. Its trying to see an end to bitterness and the pain of betrayal. The over reaction of jealousy and the feeling of retaliation.

Here Rancor is a reminder that hate and un-forgiveness causes scars in both directions. The one holding the hate, and the one receiving it both stand bleeding.

Walk through Rancor ... there is a small moment of a break through when you walk into love. If you carry any un-forgiveness I hope you can see a bit better, maybe just release it and feel free for a moment.

Come see my carnival of displays playing to the pieces I've chosen. Some old mixed in with the new.

2009-01-19T17:12:00.000-08:00

Articles - January

SLEnquire has me on spotlight ... take a look at some unknown facts about the Cienega :)
SLEnquire ~CEO Editor in Chief Lanai Jerrico

Misali - Juicy ~by Cienega Soon

AVENUE Magazine January 2009
Pages 208 - 212
Featured Photographer
AVENUE Magazine

2009-01-15T00:49:00.000-08:00

The complete
Juicy!

Sometimes all the plans you make, make a turn in a direction you weren't expecting, hoping for ... but not expecting.

Juicy is two galleries, the guest artist exhibit gallery, Juicy, and the main Castle Gallery, both now on the sim Misali. What a beautiful place.

Poison water, dark skys and my own home made castle.

A breath of fresh air. No clothing signs in the sky and no slingo shouts flooding the local chat.

Come see the grounds enjoy the mood of juicy. It may storm now and then as rain is always in my forcast. But be forwarned ... dont drink the water no matter how juicy you think it is ... its Poison, yumm my kind of poison. along with the mood music come chill.

You will find teleports throught the grounds to get around. They are somewhat hidden with a fern or two as to not spoil photos should you choose to shoot.

The Castle main Gallery has two floors. The main gallery will feature my newest works and the second floor matains the popular pieces that still please visiting collectors.

At the moment my Juicy Gallery is located on the sim but up at 500m. I am building its new location at ground level this week. Juicy Gallery is now exhibiting sabra Hemingways new works. She will be leaving at the end of the month. I look forward to seeing her work showing up in many galleries and in private collections across the grid.

Juicy Gallery will continue to be a place for New SL Artists to showcase their talents. I will be watching for exciting and intriguing new artists to invite to Juicy each month.

Thank you to all that visited my Castle Valeriya Artist Gallery over the last two years. I promise Juicy will be a place for visits and photos in a dark sort of friendly mood.(still a bit under construction, but open)

Come see... but dont dirnk the pretty water *evil grin*

http://slurl.com/secondlife/Misali/145/51/23

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2009-01-03T10:38:00.000-08:00

Juicy Opening

Come drink in sabra Hemingway's Juicy landscapes
One piece will be sold as a One-of-a-kind

also look for a free landscape gift amongst the exhibit
to jumpstart your sabra Hemingway collection

tonight Saturday January 3rd, 2009
showing until January 11th

7:00 pm - 9:00pm SLT

Dress to impress

One lucky attendee will be shot unaware
and presented with a
beautiful CS portrait
~~~click here for LM to Juicy Gallery~~~

2008-12-18T12:55:00.000-08:00

Juicy

Juicy is more than a gallery, its a beginning place for new SL artists.
Once a month for 7 to 10 days we will feature a New SL photo artist.

January 3rd, 2009 will be its opening and first celebrated new SL artist.

sabra Hemingway's SL Landscapes of vivid color, laced with her vision of vibrant paintings will be gracing Juicy's walls.

Her work is on the way to being very collectible and will stand with its limited editions going very fast.

We are very excited for her new notoriety in the SL artist community and are looking forward to her ever growing collection of imaginative pieces.

New emerging Second Life Artist ~ sabra Hemingway

Her landscapes can only be described as brilliant picture perfect captures, laced with her eye for vivid color, vibrant tapestries of her lively imagination.

Her first galleried show will be a hit. Along with some of her already spotted works seen on her flickr and KoinUp pages, sabra will be surprising us with new unseen work.

Dont miss this chance to meet her and drink in her artistic style on the walls of Juicy gallery.

sabra Hemingway is a very collectible artist.
One piece at the opening will be a limited edition.

Opening
January 3rd
7:00pm SLT
Dress Formal

show runs thru the thru Jan 11th 2009
slurl.com/secondlife/Black%20Hat/72/224/794

Widow Penalty

2008-11-19T15:49:00.001-08:00

To my friends:

As you know, Eshi Otawara is still pending notification about her status in the US. While recent news has been positive for her, things are not as good for all widows of American citizens.

Brent Renison is a lawyer fighting the Widow Penalty in the US. Eshi contacted Brent a few months ago, and he agreed to help her with her case. Brent is also in contact with our mutual friend, Mike. Mike forwarded this letter to me and asked me to forward it on behalf of Eshi and the other widows who have been unfairly penalized because their American spouses died before they were able to get a fair hearing.

Please join us in assisting Brent and Eshi in this cause. Click through to the website, read about, consider if it is something you support, and contact your legislator.

Thanks for your time.

Harper Beresford

From: Brent Renison [mailto:brent@entrylaw.com]
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:30 PM
To: brent@ssad.org
Subject: 60 Minutes Exposes Widow Penalty - from Brent Renison

Hello,

I promised to let everyone know when I would appear on CBS 60 Minutes. The time has come. Barring unforeseen circumstances, Bob Simon, the most honored journalist in international reporting, will expose the “Widow Penalty” to the nation this Sunday night , November 23rd on CBS 60 Minutes.

America is deporting widows of American citizens automatically and without appeal when their spouse dies during bureaucratic processing of the green card application.

My sincerest desire is that, after watching the broadcast, Monday morning you will do something about this terrible practice. There are a number of ways you can help to end the widow penalty. The most important is to tell your elected officials that a change must occur in the abysmal way that we treat widows of American citizens. Whether you effect a change in the way the current or future Administration handles the cases, or push through a legislative amendment signed by the President, this practice must stop. Click on the box to find out how you can help.

http://www.ssad.org/takeaction.html

Please be a part of that change on Monday morning, and please forward this email to just one person whom you trust to do the right thing. Forward to more than one person at a time, and accountability is lost – people will delete the email, just as you might delete mine.

Brent Renison

2008-10-29T11:35:00.000-07:00

Take a moment, wonder in to see. The grounds will undergo some weather changes soon as fall turns into winter.

Just a thought. This main land sim is becoming to awful to tolerate. From what I hear the server is old. It appears to be an empty sim except for my gallery and a couple of other small plots but the sky is full I mean really full! Sky apts everywhere. The lag is so bad that even those with new fast computers are having trouble upon arrival. My gallery and my art in SL and its exposure in RL suffers due to this so ...

There is an Island in my near future. Not an opensim but a regular full sim. Building has become something of interest to me. I will enjoy the monumental task of moving stuff around.

... now if I can just get some sleep ... sheesh I cant stop thinking.

2008-10-19T22:53:00.000-07:00

24 hr Masquerade Party
Prize for best dressed every 2 hrs

Featuring 12 top SL DJ's
Brought to you by
thomtrance Otoole & Happy Clam Island's *Organica*
Goa, Psy, Trance, Psytrance, Live Electronica

October 24th - 25th 6pm to 6pm SLT

This is the Grand Re-Opening of Castle Valeriya Artist Gallery
The SLphoto Artistry of Cienega Soon

Burning Life ... 3 days left

2008-10-02T13:28:00.000-07:00

Burning Life ... 3 days left! Ends Sunday
Go See OIL PIGS!!!!!!!

Step into a moment of greed and see the signs of those whom gave their lives. This crap is not gonna end unless you change your ways.

There is POWER in owning the last pockets of crude! So people must die. Their death is only to fill the pig's need to have every last pocket ... whilst filling their pockets with your currency. WAKE UP!

THE SUN belongs to all of us and cannot be held in one mans hand. USE IT and the WIND, make something work. Make a Change! Look into ways to make a difference in your own home. Buy less plastics, recycle everything! CHANGE!

Dont Feed the Pigs!

2008-09-25T10:11:00.000-07:00

Dont Feed the Pigs!

Do we really need Oil for all our fuel and energy needs?

Electricity is for collecting, Wind can be a motor driver. Water loves to run down hill and pass any opening with speed, its also powerful when its all steamed up. How is it that we still rely on crude for our energy? ummm its GREED, its driven by a greater energy than its self ... fuckin money pigs.

Their greed runs deep, deep into our lives. Oil spills/dumps, to bring up prices also cause side effects that linger. Death to our ecosystem. Here is just one testament of its crude cut into life. Prince William Sound

So how do we turn it all around? BE INFORMED! MAKE PERSONAL CHANGES! yeah and DON'T BELIEVE THE CRAP THAT WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF ELECTRICITY. Its the company that we personally buy our electricity from .... they aren't paying their bill and the provider is shutting them off. Its manipulation, gouging and greed. Electricity is a natural phenomenon just waiting to be collected. But its the money pigs in between that makes its availability a crisis.

Some energy's stated availability is built on word of mouth. Its momentum, greed.

If we start a rumor that there's a toilet paper crisis? Ahh ... come on you know what will happen to the supply. But will all those, hording the TP, actually go find out if we really do have a shortage? NO. Prices go up because the sellers see a great way of Gouging the fearful public and becoming richer, and the fearful public hover over their bathroom doors and count the squares being used.

Water, Steam, WIND and the most powerful of all our resource's, the SUN with our solar gathering genius. What the hell is going on here? Is it the big money guys stopping the change?

Don't Feed The Oil Pig any longer. Choose alternative ways of energy. Look into solar, find out if it can be used in your personal life. Funding and supporting alternative energy sources can and will make a difference in the future, but we need to investigate and start it at our level and talk about it everyday.

Make a difference Say Something to Someone! Don't just stand there by the bathroom door and count your stack of toilet paper rolls in fear. SEARCH OUT ALTERNATIVE WAYS TO WIPE OUR ASS, MAKE THE PRICES OF THE TP GO DOWN BY USING SOMETHING ELSE! Because right now the pigs are stickin it in our ass. Wake UP!

Second Life's Burning Life Opens September 27th thru October 5th 2008
There you will see our statement in sculpture form. Go See! Take with you a thought. Make Changes in your personal life.
Think Differently. Burning Life (Port Zero) Dont Feed The Pigs!

Castle Valeriya Artist Gallery ... redone!

2008-07-25T12:34:00.000-07:00

The Gallery has been redone. After the SL5B exhibit I was determined to recreate my Darkness theme at the gallery. I had to wait till the land behind my gallery went up for sale. Wow, just when I needed it, it did just that. All eight 512's became available all at the same time. One was priced very affordable and the other 7 were a bit over the top for my budget. I decided to make an offer for all 7 and then a few days later the owner counter offered me a nice reduction and I purchased all 8 for my new 8192 plot.

The Castle was moved back and to one side so that Cagney's club next door could enjoy the setting and walk way to the gallery grounds. I never put up the red tape no entry stuff, I think thats kind of silly. I removed all the stairs and closed the openings to each floor, allowing the use of the floor shield teleports. the main lobby has the open ceiling and now my balcony office ... well we can call it that cant we :p lol. For reference to my growing understanding of the progression in my art/photoshop work on SL screenshot/photos, I placed three portraits in the office. Its good to see the differences.

Yayyy ... We now have the open grounds for the larger dark art displayed out as in the Darkness exhibit. The new added feature is the DJ riser. This is where we will hold our Masquerades and future events. Our last masquerade gave out over 30,000 in prize L$.

The Grand Opening will be held the second week of August 2008, exact date, time and details to be announced in the Cienega Soon Artistry group. Please join for the VIP extras as well, or IM me and I will invite you to join.

I am looking forward to the next guest exhibitor. A place out on the grounds as well as one of the floors in the gallery will be open to a new unnoticed SL photo artist. to be announced at the Grand Re-Opening of the Gallery.

dont get it yet

2008-07-19T12:46:00.000-07:00

K, now I'm pulling out my hair!
jepg, png, and tga. all have their place for saving textures. I am having trouble seeing a difference.

I have heard the technical reasons for each and which is better for SL. I am wondering if I am doing something wrong in my original work. I have a landscape saved in jpeg and tga, they've been uploaded to SL and side by side the tga looks like crap. Why?

I just did another upload of a new pic (shown here) doing all three files, all look close, but the png looks the best. Although I have seen greater detail in other textures when the term 'Baked" is used. What is that? But because of my conclusion on the difference in detail on my landscape I've been uploading jpeg.

You can go see for yourself. I have all three files up on the stone wall outside at the gallery.
http://slurl.com/secondlife/Valeriya/32/244/102

Please excuse the construction mess as I am remodeling my gallery's new add on land wooo hooo!

you can drop me an IM too, with your thoughts if ya like "-)

first let me explain the cienega

2008-07-16T23:57:00.000-07:00

The word cienega means swamp. Pronounced; C N eh Ga. Although in Spanish its classical meaning is the edge where the water can not go past. You know that edge, right where the line is thin or squishy.

Well my edge is clear like water. But it lies just beneath the sand. You might not see it but its there. If you step to far beyond the line into my sand you will get wet.

Cienega well speak her mind once in a while, only in fairness. Taking all things easy and fun makes her edge simply exciting ...but

Under the water in the deeper part its dark. The kind of darkness that needs light to be understood. Light plays on the edges of life, revealing things that think they want to hide. Some of the edges are sharp, some smooth, some messy, some boring, and some so exciting that they could burst out straight up and splash us all.

This Cienega likes the edge of all things. Edges bring imagination to light, revealing the hidden messages. Darkness, light and edges artistically need each other to reveal a feeling or answer a question. Questions and answers always change and never end. I am so glad i don't know anything yet. I'm gonna stand on the edge waiting, listening, watching, and take my time learning. com'mon lets take a look together