NatureCon 2022 is a two-week virtual conference seeking to unite and inspire collaboration under the shared goal of promoting exploration across the grid and expressions of nature in SL. That mission certainly coincides with the FOCUS mission! Please visit their website and sim, and visit the FOCUS booth too! Thank you Mara Telling for this … Continue reading FOCUS Magazine at NatureCon!
It’s here! The July/August 2022 Issue of FOCUS Magazine!
The July/August 2022 issue is here! Click here to link to the magazines page of this website. Angela ♥
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Joanna Kitten talks photography
This will be a slow meander rather than a formal class. Relaxed. Informal. If you haven't met Joanna or seen her work, you're missing out! Here's a link to her Flickr page. She will be showing some of her images and discussing them. https://www.flickr.com/people/substratum_kitten
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Images and symbolism…
Images can evoke emotions, memories, and set off chains of thought -- or they can just puzzle people -- or anger them or distress them. The visual parts of the brain are very connected to both the rational and emotional portions. Show the image above to a devout 13th century Benedictine monk in Italy, a … Continue reading Images and symbolism…
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Photo Contest: You have more time!
Sometimes real life gets in the way, but in this case those who are procrastinators have a great opportunity to do their entries in the June contest a bit later than planned. Topic: "Monochrome With Contrast Color"! The entertainment normally slated for the photo awards will be postponed too. Though who want to dance are, … Continue reading Photo Contest: You have more time!
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Visualization is difficult!
One of the more challenging things in a visual person's life is imagining a detailed image in one's head. We think we have 'complete memories' of things we've seen until we (for example) try to do a floor plan of a house we lived in a few decades ago, or trying to sketch out the … Continue reading Visualization is difficult!
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Lots of classes this month in The Learning Center!
Hermes Kondor teaching his class: "Zen Photography: The Magic of Smaller Things" _____________________________________________________________ Wren Carling Parker has set up a series of photography related classes this month at The FOCUS Learning Center, on the main FOCUS Quadrangle -- all free. On Thursday, June 16th, Lord Voxel (1 am SLT) will explore "Lighting in Firestorm". To … Continue reading Lots of classes this month in The Learning Center!
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It’s here! The June 2022 Issue of FOCUS Magazine!
The June 2022 issue is here! Click here to link to the magazines page of this website. Angela ♥
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First Friday comes but once a month!
Today, FRIDAY, JUNE 3, is the first Friday of this month: Dancing and live music will start at 6 pm SLT with our favorite Canadian, Maxmillion Kleene, to be follow at 7 pm SLT byDj Bray. Tonight will also mark the opening of new art at our FOCUS galleries. We encourage you to take breaks … Continue reading First Friday comes but once a month!
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Heads Up: FOCUS Magazine
More later, but the June issue, due out very shortly, promises to be interesting as Angela Thespian, among others, has been exploring art and photography outside of Second Life in other worlds (or grids). Expect a somewhat different issue than many past. Here's a photo taken on one such alternative 'planet': Alternate Metaverse. There are … Continue reading Heads Up: FOCUS Magazine
