BreakThink Tank:Profile Surfing: Greenbriar Wood (Second Life)

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A few days ago, after a sunset shopping trip to Mako Magellan’s for some topping duds (about L$600 odd), I dipped into the profile of an acquaintance. In her picks was something called Greenbriar Wood. So I visited. And I was glad.

Now, you can read on, with pictures, or you can extract yourself from your sexgen bed, put your clothes on and take your privates off, and go see for yourself. I’m going to say, right here, that Greenbriar Wood is one of the places in Second Life you should see before you die.

The view from this hilltop gazebo (textured in what looks like Sock’s Egyptian textures — I can’t find his site at the moment) is nothing short of stunning. The owner, Adella Forcella, told me that five months of work has gone into this place, and it shows. Oh, how it shows! The fantasy theme makes thing magical as you ramble along the paths:

The land is dense with plants, large trees and lit by sculpted mushrooms; this results in delight and a constant sense of discovery as you find one surprise after another. The addition of privacy walls (needed, alas; there’s a fallow ad farm nearby) to the valley landform adds to the Tardis-like sensation that this forest, complete with island, is larger than it is.

When I first visited, Adella Forcella was dancing in the glade where I teleported in (the audio stream is very nice new age music, by the by.) She’s a nice lady and quite friendly, and understandably proud of her little bit of Second Life heaven.

Exploring Greenbriar, as I mentioned, you keep finding unusual and interesting things and places, such as this ruin, gypsy caravans, the island of course, and there’s a fallen pile of rocks that may actually be a statue. Did I mention that this is a place to explore?

Now Greenbriar Wood is in my picks too. Among the other “parks” I’ve visited, this is by far the best. The others have been either technically impressive but let down by crass elements, or rendered incoherent by attempts to cram too much diversity into one location. A garden is not a mall, or a knocking-shop, or a discotheque — and none of those should be listed under Parks & Nature!

Greenbriar Wood, however, is pure garden. If there is a shop there, I didn’t see one; the only product on offer is a respite from the crassness of much of the rest of the grid.

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