Location: Lost, in one of the Kula sims, looking for Brian Eno’s art exhibit

I’ve heard “I’m burning out on SL” a bit lately from my SL friends.  There seems to come a point for many SLers at which they’ve explored the world, shopped till they dropped, had adventures and perhaps even a virtual romance, and then, sadly, they become disenchanted.  Not Iggy!

My solution to creeping avatarian ennui has taken a few forms. I won’t, like the legendary Taras Balderdash, start a religion in-world.  But there are endless diversions available.

I might hop on the black motorcycle and go to a test track where I can wreck it safely.  Or perhaps I’ll see what “my SL girlfriends,” as my wife teasingly calls them, are doing.  It’s safe fun for them to go on a photo-shoot or visit an interesting part of the Linden metaverse with me.  After all, Iggy isn’t going to make a pass at them.  I find most female residents more interesting than the guys, and not just because the ladies’ avatars are invariably hot eye-candy. Women know how to make conversation and, for the most part, are very good listeners.  Meanwhile, so many guys’ “sense of play” involves shooting things or looking for sex.

I’ll continue my pondering as I stumble about the metaverse, looking for Eno’s artwork; he’s truly one of the greats in music from the 20th century; will he re-invent digital art, as he did for proto-punk and ambient music?

Next time I’ll consider how creating things keeps me from ever getting bored.  By the way, I’m rarely bored in my first life!

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