Tuesday, December 1, 2009

RESOURCES - Information

Rafee's Favs


artist, creators


Ballet Pixelle Theatre
Bianca F. Couture Designs
Bits and Bobs
Blackwater Sculpture Art Gallery
Bliss Gardens
Bluebell Fashions
Brooklyn is Watching
Calico Creations
Cartoonimals
Chicanery - Cool Toys
CMC Designs
Creative Fantasy by Julia Hathor
F.A.T. Designz
Fisher Construction
Garden of Da Vinci
Glow Group Two Roses
Ground 3D
Holiday's Modern Yachts
Hugo's Designs
Ivory Tower Library of Primitives
JMD Effects
La Reve
LOLO Pets
optikal
Particle Lab
Phobos Designs
Pianos at Musical Alchemy
Pillow Talk
Pixel Lab
Poetika
Pteron
Raver Stylez
S&S Gallery of Fine Arts
silent sparrow
SL Botanical Gardens
SOMA
Splash
SSI Beach
Starax Sculptures
Starz Art Corner
Surfing Waves
The Pixel Lab
Underground Artists
Venice Italy Art Gallery
Virtual Starry Night - Van Gogh
Vudu Suavage - Sculptures
Water Works
West of Ireland Library & Cultural Center
Zero Point


clubs, venues

alt7
Amsterdam Arena
Artisfacta
BassLine Junkiez
Bay Vista
Beat Bunker
Bella Vida Velvet Jazz
Blackheart's Cafe 80's Music
Bubbly Night Club
Cabaret Belvedere
Casablanca Hotel
Ciudad de Mexico
Club Experience
Club Industry
Club Neptune
Club Rain's
Club Rotterdam
Club Vital Staff & Records
Code Red Club
Crazy Island Club
Cuddler's Cove Beach Club
Dance Island
DeRailed EBM Industrial
Divaz Lounge Club
Domina Disco Club
Dorian Gray
Drain Club
Electro Smog
Frank's Place
Future Club - Fresh Wind
GIVEmeSPACE
H O M E
Haad Rin Beach Party
Haven's Quadraplex
HYDRA
Jade's Jazz Island
Japan Resort
Kaiya Islands - Cupid Lagoon
Keiko's Cafe
Kromatic Club
Lane Land Club
Le Cimetiere
Le Ghetto Hype
Mason's 420 Sea Barn
MMAC - netjazz.org
Molaskey's Pub
MUZIK HAUS
Nutrie DnB
OM Festival
Organica
Phat's Jazz Ballroom
Phoenix Live
Poetika
R.A.R.E. Lounge
Radiant Bliss Music Project
Rouge Club
Salsa y Baleros
ScoutLounge
Sphynx Jazz Club
Stupid Q-Pit
The AMP
The Firefly Cafe
The Laundry
The Wild Rose
the Velvet
Tir Na Gra Club
ToonTopia
Underground Club
WOODS

djs

alienspeaking
Armaud Mureaux
BassLine Island
Coca Supercharge
Dance Island
DJxHalloween Boa
DJSven Newman
DJ Particle
Fred Heberle
Grip Talon
Healer Ladybird
HOUSE@DIVAZ
H O M E
ISItheDreamaker Teskat
Martino Bamaisin aka "Tino"
Mr Widget
Quark Allen
Radiant Bliss
SAO Tokyoska
Stefan Chrousch
ScoutLounge
Tav Palen
VANIA United Beats
WOODS
Zap Hax


hangouts


Apollo's Gardens
Artisfacta
Basilica Cardinale Cathedral
Bay Vista
Bedrock - Flintstone's Town
Cave Rua Water Garden
Ciudad de Mexico
Creative Fantasy by Julia Hathor
Crimson Shadow
Cuddler's Cove Beach Club
Garden of Dreams
Insilico
Ivory Tower Library of Primitives
Japan Resort
Japan Tempura Island
Kaiya Islands - Cupid Lagoon
Keiko's Cafe
Las Arenas Rosadas
LI - Love Infinite
Mason's 420 Sea Barn
Paradise d'Alliez
Particle Lab
Pondshen
Pteron
Rafting in Second Life
Rainbow Room Dining
Rancho Brasil
Seat
SL Botanical Gardens
Stonehenge Arena
Sunset Beach
Visit Mexico
West of Ireland Library & Cultural Center

go there


Apollo's Gardens
Avilion Ballroom
Basilica Cardinale Cathedral
Bedrock - Flintstone's Town
Beta Contributor's Wall
Blackwater Sculpture Art Gallery
Bliss Gardens
Brooklyn is Watching
Cartoonimals
Chicanery - Cool Toys
Creative Fantasy by Julia Hathor
Dance Island
Floating Gardens at Bellagio
Garden of Da Vinci
Garden of Dreams
Ground 3D
Holiday's Modern Yachts
Insilico
Ivory Tower Library of Primitives
Jador Jewelery, Furnishings, Clothing
Japan Resort
Japan Tempura Island
JMD Effects
Kowloon
Le Cimetiere
LI - Love Infinite
LOLO Pets
Mexico
Midnight City
NOAA
Northland
optikal
Paradise d'Alliez
Particle Lab
Phantom Rose Opera House
Pianos at Musical Alchemy
Pillow Talk
Pteron
Rainbow Room Dining
Salsa y Baleros
SL Botanical Gardens
SSI Beach
Sundance Channel
Surfing Waves
SVARGA gone ;(
Tunnel of Light
Virtual Starry Night - Van Gogh
Vudu Suavage - Sculptures
Water Works
Zero Point

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Group Synergy or Amalgamation

Lately, I have been re-reading several favorite books. These are books that make me think, learn and reflect on my present environment. In recent weeks, I have re-read Tennessee William's Glass Menagerie, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera, Lauren Weisberger's Devil Wears Prada and currently, David Quammen's Natural Acts.


Glass Menagerie is all about human foibles and reminds me of the validity of each person's perspective on life. Love in the Time of Cholera is a strong reminder of the ageless strength of our passion whether it be physical or only in our hearts and mind. The Devil Wears Prada is a wake-up to anyone who manages people in the capacity of an employer or a group leader. Natural Acts is an examination of natural science and how it applies to our human condition, our humanity.



One of the essays in Quammen's book talks about Amalgamation. His description about jellyfish is as follows: "...the concensus for togetherness came about first, then division of labor, finally morphological specializations that fitted certain of the individuals for certain tasks. Some members of the colony went in to service as gut lining, some as tentacles. This pattern of evolution toward multicellular animals, which has not been uncommon in the origin of species - and which should be understood literally, not metaphorically - has been labeled amalgamation. The principle is as familiar as the print on a dime: e pluribus unum. Many simple lives fused synergistically into one complex life."

The last sentence sums up the concept of grouping here in Second Life and as well as life in general. Together we are stronger than our parts. In joining, we share the synergy of the larger whole. Each part works very hard, but as a group, we work together sharing resources and the colony itself. We are a living multicellular creature growing larger and larger everyday.


As in some termite colonies where the whole is as large as 40-feet high with a pile of sand weighing over 11,750 tons, the termitary or colony is a magnificent stronghold with no end. The colony of parts works daily to provide the best living conditions for the whole.


Xavier and I, Raftwet Jewell work diligently as your leaders of THE A LIST!. We have provided a colony or group in which you have free reign to implement your own vision while adding strength to the group. We have turned to amalgamation... becoming one complex group on the grid despite the waning economy. We will continue to morph and adopt as the colony grows. We learn our lessons from you.