Comments on: YOU have the right to be AWESOME! Don't let the snobs get you down http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down I amplify your awesome. Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:25:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Torley http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41319 Torley Sun, 18 May 2008 14:43:52 +0000 http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41319 @Storm: I'll agree that perfection is more relativistic than absolute. Hamlet Au has that term, "bebop reality", to describe what you said about "good impromptu music set". I think "jazz reality" is more obvious, tho. @Bobsas: Thanks for sharing. I hope you understand that snobs/elitists/jerks/lowminds are a human problem not unique to Second Life, and you'll find them just about anywhere they go, whining about the inadequacies of others instead of trying to build upon themselves AND better others. That's precisely why I need to be very vocal about thriving on your personal power! Sounds like you had a fitting CAPTCHA. ;) @Lorna: It's like the ol' Wizard of Oz, eh? Not much behind the screen... LOL @ "hucksterism"! @Lunette: You're SO welcome! Thanks so much for sharing this with me, I'm glad you find the vidtuts useful. And I wouldn't have known if you didn't tell me... so w00t! @Corcosman: Wow! I really appreciate you telling me this... when I was new in Second Life, I had some very helpful Mentors who guided me on the path. There were also some unscrupulous folks who tried to rip me off teaching me basic knowledge, and I pressed on. We have many opportunities to document and teach things better, and I'm thrilled to keep contributing to that. Thank you for sharing them with new people wanting to learn too! @Shani: Yes! And may you have many rewarding journeys. @Metropolis: That is awesome, awesome to know. Haha, I want to see the gargoyle head. Have a picture or can you please send me a copy inworld? You're very welcome! Rock on each and everyone! BE AWESOME!!!! @Storm: I'll agree that perfection is more relativistic than absolute. Hamlet Au has that term, "bebop reality", to describe what you said about "good impromptu music set". I think "jazz reality" is more obvious, tho.

@Bobsas: Thanks for sharing. I hope you understand that snobs/elitists/jerks/lowminds are a human problem not unique to Second Life, and you'll find them just about anywhere they go, whining about the inadequacies of others instead of trying to build upon themselves AND better others. That's precisely why I need to be very vocal about thriving on your personal power! Sounds like you had a fitting CAPTCHA. ;)

@Lorna: It's like the ol' Wizard of Oz, eh? Not much behind the screen… LOL @ "hucksterism"!

@Lunette: You're SO welcome! Thanks so much for sharing this with me, I'm glad you find the vidtuts useful. And I wouldn't have known if you didn't tell me… so w00t!

@Corcosman: Wow! I really appreciate you telling me this… when I was new in Second Life, I had some very helpful Mentors who guided me on the path. There were also some unscrupulous folks who tried to rip me off teaching me basic knowledge, and I pressed on. We have many opportunities to document and teach things better, and I'm thrilled to keep contributing to that. Thank you for sharing them with new people wanting to learn too!

@Shani: Yes! And may you have many rewarding journeys.

@Metropolis: That is awesome, awesome to know. Haha, I want to see the gargoyle head. Have a picture or can you please send me a copy inworld? You're very welcome!

Rock on each and everyone! BE AWESOME!!!!

]]> By: Metropolis Anbinder http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41232 Metropolis Anbinder Thu, 15 May 2008 18:06:38 +0000 http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41232 Torley Torley! I have been on SL only since April 26th of this year. Not too long ago, huh. In that time, I've already learned so much from your tutorials.. and made so many friends. i built some wonderful ginormous flowers and a gargoyle head using Sculpty paint. I love how you show the possibilities of what SL can be, and I think you really inspire. Thanks for all you do! Torley Torley!

I have been on SL only since April 26th of this year. Not too long ago, huh. In that time, I've already learned so much from your tutorials.. and made so many friends. i built some wonderful ginormous flowers and a gargoyle head using Sculpty paint. I love how you show the possibilities of what SL can be, and I think you really inspire. Thanks for all you do!

]]> By: Shani http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41230 Shani Thu, 15 May 2008 16:22:35 +0000 http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41230 Thank You for posting this Torley, and keep inspiring us to be awesome despite the nay-sayers! In the pursuit of knowledge-the journey itself IS the reward- :) Thank You for posting this Torley, and keep inspiring us to be awesome despite the nay-sayers!

In the pursuit of knowledge-the journey itself IS the reward-
:)

]]> By: Corcosman Voom http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41159 Corcosman Voom Mon, 12 May 2008 22:52:34 +0000 http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41159 I watched your video tutorials (and others) on YouTube for weeks before coming to SL. They were/are great. Once I was in world for a while, I was fortunate to meet up with some good people at NCI that were very encouraging of any effort a new person might make to be creative. That made SL a lot more pleasant than it might have been otherwise. But in those videos you were my first teacher. I had no prior experience in on line 3D and you helped me by teaching me some of the simple little skills every new person needs to feel confident. They were important to me and I'm sure to many thousands of other people as well. I always recommend them to new people wanting to learn; sometimes seeing things demonstrated is a hundred times faster than trying to learn them in any other manner. I watched your video tutorials (and others) on YouTube for weeks before coming to SL. They were/are great.

Once I was in world for a while, I was fortunate to meet up with some good people at NCI that were very encouraging of any effort a new person might make to be creative. That made SL a lot more pleasant than it might have been otherwise.

But in those videos you were my first teacher. I had no prior experience in on line 3D and you helped me by teaching me some of the simple little skills every new person needs to feel confident. They were important to me and I'm sure to many thousands of other people as well.

I always recommend them to new people wanting to learn; sometimes seeing things demonstrated is a hundred times faster than trying to learn them in any other manner.

]]> By: Lunette Fouroux http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41149 Lunette Fouroux Mon, 12 May 2008 18:58:18 +0000 http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41149 Thank you for this post & for your video tutorials. I love learning how things work in SL, even if I don't have a lot of time to try them out myself & may never make it to "awesome" (let alone "perfect"). Thank you for this post & for your video tutorials. I love learning how things work in SL, even if I don't have a lot of time to try them out myself & may never make it to "awesome" (let alone "perfect").

]]> By: Lorna http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41100 Lorna Sun, 11 May 2008 19:15:22 +0000 http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41100 well said, thanks for your work, it's ace! The paradox of esoteric knowledge is that they only want to keep it to themselves because there isn't anything particularly difficult or obtuse to know, precisely the opposite, the esotericists only cling to their "hidden" knowledge because it maintains their power, and the historical precedent and influence of this hucksterism is terrifying! well said, thanks for your work, it's ace!
The paradox of esoteric knowledge is that they only want to keep it to themselves because there isn't anything particularly difficult or obtuse to know, precisely the opposite, the esotericists only cling to their "hidden" knowledge because it maintains their power, and the historical precedent and influence of this hucksterism is terrifying!

]]> By: Bobsas Silverspar http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41099 Bobsas Silverspar Sun, 11 May 2008 18:42:22 +0000 http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41099 AGAIN! You have managed to say it all again. Since I have come to second life the people encouraging me have been outnumbered 10 to 1 by the people discouraging me, and it comes in all forms ... from the elitists that you spoke of to the folks that say SL is over ... don't bother to learn how to do that now. You are truly a welcome voice in both lives and you manage to say it with a great compassion even for the hoards you stand in opposition to. I would be sad to have to live in a Torleyless world ... Bobsas P.S. the two words I had to type to verify myself on this page were "arose ruthless" I think some of them do ... AGAIN! You have managed to say it all again. Since I have come to second life the people encouraging me have been outnumbered 10 to 1 by the people discouraging me, and it comes in all forms … from the elitists that you spoke of to the folks that say SL is over … don't bother to learn how to do that now. You are truly a welcome voice in both lives and you manage to say it with a great compassion even for the hoards you stand in opposition to. I would be sad to have to live in a Torleyless world …

Bobsas

P.S. the two words I had to type to verify myself on this page were "arose ruthless" I think some of them do …

]]> By: Storm Thunders http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41092 Storm Thunders Sun, 11 May 2008 15:39:32 +0000 http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41092 Perfection's a temporal term. If it's perfect today, and perfect next year, you know you haven't grown in between. Making stuff in SL is a lot like a good impromptu music set. You want the people around you to do awesome because you inspire each other, riff off each other, and the music just gets better and better! The product (the music in this case) might be great, but that wave of creative excitement going on between everybody there is what draws me back. Perfection's a temporal term. If it's perfect today, and perfect next year, you know you haven't grown in between.

Making stuff in SL is a lot like a good impromptu music set. You want the people around you to do awesome because you inspire each other, riff off each other, and the music just gets better and better! The product (the music in this case) might be great, but that wave of creative excitement going on between everybody there is what draws me back.

]]> By: Torley http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41082 Torley Sun, 11 May 2008 15:15:36 +0000 http://torley.com/you-have-the-right-to-be-awesome-dont-let-the-snobs-get-you-down#comment-41082 Chica, Kara, radar, and Faber — my appreciation for taking the time to share how you feel! @Chica: It's so bogus and un-helpful when established designers or whatever try to put you down. The fact is, someone DOESN'T know if they'll be good UNLESS they give it their best shot! And then after the fact, people may think/feel diffrently, but in the meantime, I'd rather see encouraging of doing new things than "give up". Thank you, thank you! @Kara: Exactly, those are the kind of reactions I've gotten too. And it says a lot about them as people, if you get help in-kind. In my early Second Life, I started helping others because I was helped by some VERY nice Mentors. It's likely I wouldn't be where I am today had they not shown me the way. @radar: Aye! Don't be a "sheeple"... at least not in the conformist way. Sheep ARE cute but shouldn't be mindless followers. @Faber: I'm thrilled to hear of your experiences! I've been on an ongoing mission to discard what is wasteful from my life, and that includes cluttery negative attitudes of "you can't". Thanks also for watching my video tutorials! @Dana: There's times I almost gave up too before someone showed me an easier, better way. And then sure enough in time, I found my own voice, my own ways of doing things — just like a baby learns to speak by mimicking others, then they develop their own vocabulary and style of speech. I like that, "A little bit of knowledge goes a long way, creativity and imagination do the rest." :) Chica, Kara, radar, and Faber — my appreciation for taking the time to share how you feel!

@Chica: It's so bogus and un-helpful when established designers or whatever try to put you down. The fact is, someone DOESN'T know if they'll be good UNLESS they give it their best shot! And then after the fact, people may think/feel diffrently, but in the meantime, I'd rather see encouraging of doing new things than "give up". Thank you, thank you!

@Kara: Exactly, those are the kind of reactions I've gotten too. And it says a lot about them as people, if you get help in-kind.

In my early Second Life, I started helping others because I was helped by some VERY nice Mentors. It's likely I wouldn't be where I am today had they not shown me the way.

@radar: Aye! Don't be a "sheeple"… at least not in the conformist way. Sheep ARE cute but shouldn't be mindless followers.

@Faber: I'm thrilled to hear of your experiences! I've been on an ongoing mission to discard what is wasteful from my life, and that includes cluttery negative attitudes of "you can't". Thanks also for watching my video tutorials!

@Dana: There's times I almost gave up too before someone showed me an easier, better way. And then sure enough in time, I found my own voice, my own ways of doing things — just like a baby learns to speak by mimicking others, then they develop their own vocabulary and style of speech.

I like that, "A little bit of knowledge goes a long way, creativity and imagination do the rest." :)

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