PinnedTopics I PonderI have no certified expertise in any of these areas. I am informed and actively engaged in them. That is all. Virtual Reality This is my most active topic with over 50 articles related to VR linked, (below the picture). They range from think pieces to narrative evocations of VR community. The…Virtual Reality6 min read
3 days agoOn-Location Storytelling in VRA good story tells itself, but it needs an accomplice. Good storytellers use whatever they have as props — from colored paintings on cave walls to costumes to dance, or their own vocal embellishments. Many storytellers write books or advertising copy. …Virtual Reality7 min read
May 13Death’s DoorVR Dying Experiences #4 — The Dying Gaul has been around. Thomas Jefferson had him. Napoleon specifically demanded that The Dying Gladiator, as he was known at the time, be brought to Paris under the terms of the Treaty of Campoformio (1797). Many people who weren’t as rich or powerful had small reproductions, because, it…Death8 min read
May 7Complete EnoughVR Dying Experiences #3 — A good paradox gets people’s attention. Announcing an event in VR as a VR Dying Experience is already an attention-getter. It’s meant to be a filter. In Session #1 we sat in cemeteries and burial places around the world and some people gave eulogies for someone or something they had…Death5 min read
May 1Mortality Game Show!Avatar Squares: Special Death Edition — When Amy Schneider was on her Jeopardy winning streak, people paid attention. They still do, more than ever. Game Shows are the beginning of Reality TV, although they are not generally categorized that way. We don’t want our Game Shows scripted. …Death6 min read
Apr 27Getting Used to the Idea of DyingReport from a VR Course in Progress — I think we get used to things and eventually accept them, and who knows, maybe even appreciate ideas like dying, by doing them. Not just by thinking about them. You’d think that would be a problem with dying, until you step back and see dying as a transition. Maybe a…Death7 min read
Apr 9Virtual Reality Dying ExperiencesWorking on Your Relationship with Mortality — Some people don’t like to talk about death and will go the great lengths to avoid it. Other people have death in their thought stream and wouldn’t mind talking about it if they could, but it’s never-the-right-time. Especially now, with death so high profile, so in our face — if…4 min read
Mar 20Equinox MeditationAn Equator Experience — Imagine the clouds in the Equatorial sky over Indonesia turning pastel colors as you close your eyes and breath in, turning your attention to the air filling your lungs and then the sensation of it going out through your mouth past your lips. Imagine the simplest view of a little…Equinox5 min read
Feb 27Meditating in MetaFinding a Place of Calm in Metaverse Madness The number 300,000 sounds pretty big. When it is linked in headlines to terms like ‘10X Increase’ it would seem that Meta’s big bet is off to a great start! 300,000 monthly visitors is actually a very small number that would not…Virtual Reality5 min read
Feb 20My Foreign Policy 2Pushing Upward — People say, ‘that’s just a story you’re telling yourself,’ like it’s a bad thing. It can be, I guess, if you buy into stories that make you feel bad, or if you don’t realize the reason you’re suffering is a story you made up. That’s why we are advised to…Virtual Reality10 min read
