Fran would tell him that when she sees herself dancing on the screen she doesnt see a disconnected avatar: she sees the Fran she is inside, the real one...the one that her legs wouldnt allow her to dance like her avatar is doing.
(this is Tom and Fran in Second Life)
Her Support Group in Namaste Islands is real, because the person behind the screen doing it is real.
The difference between her physical body and her avatar was not about hiding nor denying her RL, instead it was all about taking advantage of the Virtual World to do all the things her body wouldnt let her do in the Physical World.
(Tom and Fran in Real Life)
"Actually I feel this is more real-world to me than my real world" She said. She enjoyed riding horses in Second Life, taking care of her Group in her land, doing Support Meetings, dancing. All the things that she wouldnt be able to do in the physical world.
Are you letting Second Life be an extension of yourself ?
Are you just wasting time in Second Life?
Are you doing something meaningful with it....?
(Pictures and info are real, from the book "Coming of Age in Second Life" by Tom Boellstorff)
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