I was curious so I downloaded it... I signed up and started recreating myself in pixels... I wanted to be different. I wanted to be authentic. I wanted my avatar to look physically as much as I do as possible. I didn't want to have some pencil thin barbie looking "thing" representing me in this virtual world! That's how it started at least... but as I spent more time there my avatar changed... some would say grew... I think it still looks a bit like me, but maybe with the physical "flaws" taken out... no extra weight... maybe a little taller... no scars... no spilt ends... no hairy legs or unplucked eye brows :) Maybe that's the attraction of Second life... we can be (physically at least) who we feel we are on the inside... attractive, confident... If we can't walk, well in second life we can. If we are allergic to the sun, in secondlife we can bath in sunlight without fear... Maybe in second life we have a chance to wipe the slate clean... to start again... no one has to know our pasts (even though they tend to follow us anyways)... we can attempt to redeem ourselves whether physically, intellectually or emotionally. I say attempt as I'm not sure how successful t really is... Maybe for the majority this is not the case. It is just a game in which they are able to draw strong distinctions between RL and SL. There is no cross over. Although I've yet to meet these people...
One thing I can't help but notice... If this is the attraction to second life, living, being who we think we are really designed to be (whether that be good or bad)... How much stronger should the attraction or repulsion be to God? God who offers a blank slate? God who offers a second chance? God who offers positional perfection and promises to love us fiercely, relentlessly, until the layers of damage have been peeled back to reveal the Real Life in us... The Real you and me he created...
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