I am really excited that Cristiano started a Faces of SLU project.  From Drow to Vampire, Cyborg to Gothic, it’s not just interesting to see the variety of content options there are out there, but more so how people use those options to make something uniquely their own and represent themselves in this virtual world.  My dilemma is, I don’t really have a face.

I have a voice, the voice I use here in this blog, the voice I use in various forums, the same voice I use when chatting with people in world or in email, but I’ve come to realize that I’m identifying less and less with any visual representation of me.  Where I can see someone else’s avatar and instantly recognize them, the same can’t be said about me, as those who see me inworld often comment on.

It’s really strange because in all the years I spent roleplaying, where I was most certainly the writer of a character and the teller of stories, a puppet master, I must have seen my avatars as my virtual identity or appearance.  My face.  If someone would have asked for a photo of me in SL I would have known exactly what style and look to show.  Now that I’m no longer in roleplay, now that there is no character and the only story is my own, it seems I’m distancing myself from identifying with the physical look of the avatar.

Perhaps I’m overthinking, it’s not like it would be the first time, but when Cris first asked for photos I really had to stop and think which I would use.  I have a few (Read more...)

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