Long-term participation in Second Life’s creative and community life.
Through Owl’s Eye starts from a simple conviction: Second Life is a genuine cultural space.
Not a game. Not a curiosity. A world where artists build exhibitions that move people, where musicians perform live for audiences gathered from across the globe, where communities form around shared places and grow richer over years.
This site documents that culture from the inside. Through writing shaped by presence, genuine care, and the magic of a world where people keep choosing to build something meaningful together.
Some pieces here are immediate, caught in the moment. Others are slower and more reflective. All of them are rooted in staying rather than passing through.
About Me
I arrived in Second Life in 2007, stumbled into community almost immediately, and never really left.
What kept me wasn’t any single thing it was the accumulated texture of a world where real culture was happening. Galleries opening. Musicians performing. Regions built with extraordinary care and attention. People investing years of creative life into something they believed in.
Over time I became part of that culture: supporting artists, showing up for musicians, helping tend shared spaces that feel like they matter. My own creative practice — photography, writing, curation grew out of that long involvement.
Through Owl’s Eye is my way of sharing what I’ve seen, loved, and kept returning to.
You can see my in-world photography on Flickr.
Community, Curation, and Care
Community sits at the heart of everything I do here and it’s where Second Life culture actually lives.
I’m one of the founding members of Corsica South Coasters, a community I’m genuinely proud of and deeply attached to. I help care for several long-running creative spaces, including Cloud Galleries and Maison de la Chouette. Together with Ceakay Ballyhoo, I co-steward Port Emyniad and the annual Hippiestock — a festival that embodies everything I love about what Second Life can be.
These aren’t projects. They’re places where art, music, and genuine human connection are practiced over time. A part of the living culture this site exists to document.
Much of this work is quiet: organizing, supporting, making room, creating the conditions where others can create and feel genuinely welcome. That work matters to me. It’s at the core of everything.
How to Use This Site
Not sure where to start? Here are some good doors in:
- Art & Music — the creative life of Second Life: exhibitions, live performance, and the artists behind it all
- Community — the social fabric: shared spaces, long-running projects, and the people who show up
- Explore Second Life — beautiful regions, remarkable builds, and the experience of being somewhere that was made with care
The site is meant to be wandered. Enter from wherever calls to you — the culture runs through all of it.
A Note
Second Life is a cultural space because people choose to make it one and I find that genuinely wonderful.
If you ever see me wandering the roads of Corsica, lingering at a gallery opening, or waiting for the next musician to rez in, please say hello. I love meeting people, celebrating creativity, and sharing whatever quiet magic we find along the way.
~ Owl 🦉
