Angelgate Live

Invitation to Meditation by Sapphoria Shilova

Sadly, AngelGate is now gone. This is the end of an era. If you read this blog, you will see what a vibrant community AngelGate had become in the larger community of Second Life. The residents of AngelGate were all creativists that focused on different aspects of the [...]

First of all, thank you, everybody for supporting this show.  I keep receiving IMs from people who are grateful for the opportunity to see the works of the great master in one place.

For those who are interested I would like to give some details about the art collector behind the exhibition and why I believe [...]

This extraordinary work by The Legend, Starax - Light Waves

By:  Sapphoria Shilova

do we ever really own art?

it “belongs” to its creator through the tortured and euphoric process
but do we “own” our creations?
Much like Parent to Child,
the Artist  has an immeasurable bond
and sees to a purpose driven life for their creation.

it “belongs” to its collector [...]

THE HISTORY OF SL ART SERIES
STARAX THE LEGEND

As AngelGate Director I am immensely privileged-as I believe  visitors to this exhibit are- to participate in celebrating  the great art of Starax.. I cannot think of a more spectacular birth than for  Celestia  to be accompanied  by the creations of Starax.

AngelGate values the  creative potential for transformation  [...]

Hi, All.

This is Marly Milena, director of the Octagon for Creative Exploration at Angelgate.  I thought readers would be interested in getting a description of some of the work I have done in RL in order to understand the extension of that into SL.  I was trained as a Gestalt therapist in addition to having [...]

Escape with Einy Marksman

by:  Sapphoria Shilova

Einy Marksman

brings

ESCAPE

to AngelGate

Einy Marksman’s images will reveal facets that are unseen in the collection of his images. When his images are put together, like pixels on a monitor, the final shape is much more colorful and with a contrast that reveals a love and passion for his expression [...]

The redone Memorial Shrine

AngelGate provides a Memorial Shrine here in SL. The little Memorial Shrine in the forest has allowed many to memorialize their loved ones who have died here in Second Life and Real Life. Because AngelGate’s mission is not only art, but also personal growth and therapeutic endeavors, we feel remembering the [...]

by RobertSteven Smythe

Soleil, Sol, Sole, Zon, Soleil—the star at the center of the solar system. Humanity’s most fundamental understanding of the Sun is as the luminous yellow disk in the sky, whose presence above the horizon creates day and whose absence causes night.  In many prehistoric and ancient cultures, the Sun was thought to be a solar deity or other supernatural phenomenon. Worship of the Sun was [...]

AngelGate extends an appreciative welcome to Cre8tiveFemme Chemistry!

Cre8tiveFemme has “out-world” gifts and experience  in working  dynamically with diverse communities and issues. Cre8tive has an enthusiasm for the potential of AngelGate as a resource for individual and community exploration and growth. Her contribution  is developing the content and promotion of Intentional Growth Programmes, especially group work [...]

AngelGate welcomes Sapphoria Shilova as our new Intentional Growth director. Sapphoria is passionate about the AngelGate theme - the potential of virtual worlds for creative expressions of personal and community growth. 

Intentional growth concerns creative explorations of psychological and spiritual issues, so the possibilities are endless!

Sapphoria is an accomplished  photographer, media designer and writer . She will be developing and promoting Intentional [...]