Halloween at the Basement Club

This year we have DJ Bun G Chord playing some Halloween tunes, not the ordinary ones because we are unique. 

Come in your favorite Halloween costume and party with us while you get some clues to solve a puzzle only here at the Basement Club on the Retreat Property. This start at 6PM SLT on Monday, October 31, 2022

There is still the hunt going on in the forest at the Retreat, so check that out which includes the little red riding hood exhibit. You can pick up a few things along your way.

We have DJs Monday through Friday starting at 6PM and each of them exposes you to a variety of music. It is a unique little club unlike any other in Second Life. 

We believe that being unique and different is what makes us come here. Recognize and embrace those attributes and talents that make you an extraordinary person. Happiness is being unique. Every individual has their own unique, creative gifts which are influenced by their own vision. We love to hear about your special talents, your story, and what makes you "YOU". Join us here at the Basement Club or at the Retreat.

Let's go Trick or Treating

As we grow older we may be looked weird upon if we go trick or treating, but here in Second Life, it does not matter how old you are. There are so many spooky places to visit and see. 

Why we say Trick or Treat is not really known, but it became popular in the USA in the early 1950s from a cartoon and it stuck.

Go ahead and treat yourself to all the wonderful places you can find here.

The ghost is a torn sheet,
the skeleton’s suit came from a rack in a store
the witch is flameproof, but who knows
what dark streets they have taken here?
Brother Death here is a candy bar.
For the lady wearing the hat from Salem: gum.
And a penny for each eye, Lost Soul.
They fade away with their heavy sacks.
Thanks! I yell just in time.
Thanks for another year!

A very satisfying feeling

As an artist, I feel Second Life is a BIG art room where you can let thoughts in your mind come alive for others to experience.

I love when I create a scene and mood here. I can spend hours just sitting here, adding, and changing lighting and sounds. It is a very satisfying feeling. Art can change lives. Some may think art or second life is non-essential, but it is not.

The poet Madhu said it best:

"I don't mind being non-essential.

Even a child takes its mother for granted.

It does not run back to its mother until it's hurt.

Nobody first thinks of water when they arrive at an exquisite dinner party,

until they are choking.

I don't mind being non-essential knowing you will come looking when things are broken and nothing else works.

Art is non-essential until it is not."

I feel the same about art and second life, it will someday be essential to all of us. You might as well emerge.

It's witchcraft

 

Don't you just love Halloween in Second Life? Of course, you do. Dressing up and going to all the decorated places is magical, well it is witchcraft you know.

I recently visited Nimbrethil, Duchy of Laudanum and it was perfect for my witch outfit to be used as a backdrop for pictures. This is an open place for all visitors to explore. The atmosphere is just beautiful and you will feel like you are there.

I was able to take so many pictures in this bewitching place.
What is a witch anyway? Is it some old woman with missing teeth and a wart? Not really. Witches do not necessarily mean anything bad, they are free women who chant rhyming spells of healing. The witch is the ultimate feminist icon because she is a fully-rounded symbol of female oppression and liberation. She shows us how to tap into our own might and magic, despite the many who try to strip us of our power. First thing's first: Anyone can be a witch. Some people are born into mystical families while others have natural abilities. Some join covens and houses to be intimated into a certain branch of Magic. But, we are all magical at heart.

Be good to Mother Earth and others and never ever cast evil spells onto anyone. Most of all, go and visit all the magical places in Second Life and let your with come out. After all, it's witchcraft.

What brings people to virtual worlds?

 

Dear Mr. Rosedale,

I believe what brings people to virtual worlds is not only other people. Sometimes we like to escape people and the virtual world may just be the place for that. I enjoy the solitude of the busy real world and I can log into Second Life and create. 

I also enjoy the creativity that sometimes is not possible in the real world. The virtual worlds are so much more than just connecting people from all over the planet. It is an amazing thing. The virtual world does not need any specific goals.

“Second Life doesn’t open itself up to you … It presents you with a world, and it lets you to your own devices.” 

I always liked that quote because in Second Life I can do what I cannot do in real life without people at times. I do not need to answer them, I can block them. Of course, as people we seek other people, that is part of the human instinct we are born with.

I think the question should be rather than what brings people here, but what they do here. That answer is simple, anything you can think of doing is almost always possible in Second Life and that can happen with or without people.

The virtual world can be healing, entertaining, cheap or costly (you decide), fun, educational and so much more. It wasn't the people that brought me here, but the ability to create something that is mine. 

And I did :)

The Retreat and Basement Club.