Thursday 20 March 2014

The [Void] LEA27

    So  I have been promising people I would one day start writing about the various projects I take on. Well here we are. I have been Storm for three years now and in that time made some memorable places within SL, not just to me but to people I have never even met. The latest one was with the LEA in the shape of the [void].  So I am using this as my starting point as  I suppose it was the biggest thing I decided to do and by far the hardest.
 What to say about this place.....  Every time I try and talk about it in any depth I just cant find the words. It has been a punishing build. At times I have thought it was the one to break me and have questioned if I would even continue to create when it was completed. I adore and hate it in equal measures yet I find it one of the most beautiful things I have made even though the darkness here is all consuming. The [void] is full of secrets and unspoken thoughts, its confusing and frustrating for me and others, but I guess it was never going to be anything other than that given my personal feelings towards it.
  I am however glad I was given the chance by the LEA to take on this project. Despite almost crushing me in  many ways it has helped me in numerous others. Would I do it again? I really can't answer that and don't know if I will be able to for a long time. I think eventually I will find some kind of inner peace about it all, but for now the war rages on.
  The main thing is I have done what I intended to do, build a place with no light and a feeling of no hope. Yet somewhere that you can loose yourself with maybe even a smile.  It may be dark down here but there is still beauty even in the most darkest places, something people often forget.