The importance of play and accident.

Yesterday we had one of  those days at work.  I have always enjoyed the water, where it meets the endless sky, sunrises and flowers.  One of my favorite things about the 3D environment of Second Life is that you can always take a quick visit to the water’s edge,  make it be sunrise, sunset or what ever time of day you prefer.  When I am trying to relax from a busy day, yet at the same time get some writing done,  talk to kids, answer phones, and otherwise live my life, I find that just leaving my laptop open with one of these ideal scenes sets the stage for a positive attitude.   I am still on the search for images for the covers of my hand tied journals and I need to  get going on my word count, so naturally I set up the laptop, popped over to one of my favorite sunrise settings and started to write.   I am just getting going when I something jerks my attention away and the thought crosses my mind, “These interruptions are going to be the death of me.” I  take a deep breath and look at my beautiful setting just in time to see someone else popping into the world above my head. This means that they were  seated on the couch I was on when they logged off.  The polite thing to do in this situation is to say, I am sorry or some such, and then move off the person’s head. Then it is polite for me to say something like, No problem, or some such. It is all very much like accidentally bumping into someone while at the store.  So I watched while they came into focus. When you first come into the world, you appear as a grey mist while the graphics card catches up and renders your appearance.

Yes, in fact the grim reaper had shown up over my head.  I just had to take a screen capture, and no, he did not apologize, he just moved off.  My daughter then rounded the corner with a “That is beautiful” I pointed out the dark figure and she loved it even more, it became “Epic.”  I stopped, took some time to look at her drawings, talk about art and just enjoy the accident of this creation.  The rest of the evening was wonderful. Taking the time to relax, to play and be open to what ever might chance to come about  can lead to some “epic” art, and more importantly, an epic time.

And Who are You?

I  love the scene in Alice in Wonderland where the caterpillar asks Alice “Who are You?”

This can be a simple question, and it can be the most difficult thing to know.  Context is everything.  To my  children, I am Mommy, yet at the same time I am a daughter. To many I am Rennata, to others, Mrs. Tropeano.

I am Mira. Mira being short for Mirarose, the name of my character in World of Warcraft.  A whole different group of people know me a Mira Caerndow, as that is the name I use in the virtual reality world of second life.

Today’s social media adds a whole new level to the question, I am also arteveryday, kangamom and a few other names that I use in various social media.

All of these do not answer the question though, they are really just names. I can answer the question in terms of the various jobs I do. Mother, wife, Artist, Manager, Secretary.  This website is to help you understand me and who I am as an artist, and to be a central location(or the wordpress mirror) for all my activities on the web.

Welcome to my little corner of the web.

Rennata