“Bike bash hits the Loading Dock!” photo courtesy of Beth Milligan
Somehow the MyWHaT staff of one human and two beagles completely missed last Saturday’s Bike Bash. According to eye witnesses over 125 people participated in the annual two cruising, pizza and libations.
Nice.
How does one get on that invite list?
(Thank you for sharing Beth…honk-honk!)
A bit tangential to the purpose of MyWHaT this morning and by no means a cartoon. However, this short film by Gavin Kelly is intriguing.
It depicts 4 *MMORPG players as they describe their online persona’s while the viewer watches them navigate their everyday routine, as their avatars.
The connection is the persona we present in the physical public space, as well as the commons of the internet. For example, what sort of creature are we expressing during a fit of road-rage? Or, who are we when we feel unencumbered by social norms when commenting on an online forum.
More simply, there’s the connection to the act of people-watching. The times when we allow ourselves to wonder what a passerby is thinking as they walk down a street or wait at a stop light.
There probably are warlocks among us, if not zombies.
It’s all connected, right?
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BONUS ROUND. More inner-persona with contrasting portraits at the Daily Dish where the work of photographer Robbie Cooper and his book Alter Ego: Avatars and their Creators was highlighted.
An example of the work.
* MMORPG=Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game
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