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Cajsa Lilliehook covers the best in virtual world screenshot art and digital painting

Pink Rayne’s “Fading” is a haunting picture of standing stones taken at Haraiki Bay [to teleport, click here]. I love the sky, the light breaking through the clouds to illuminate the stones and a lone bull. It seems as though it has just rained, with the blur radiating from the center as though we can see clearly now, the rain has gone. 

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Nothing quite captures the frenetic energy of a city as well as being in a car and navigating the busy streets. You become part of the energy force while you drive, adding to the lights and cacophony. You can see that in “Sector 9” that gives us the driver’s eye view of the sim. [To visit Sector 9, teleport here.]

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Happy Mood has been a favorite place to visit for a long time and this picture captures its bucolic beauty. There is this beauty to this picture that makes me think of Jonathan Edwards who while  riding through the forest had a transcendent experience when the light through the trees captured him. Because he was a Puritan, he perceived it as the “grace of  God.”  I’ve experienced the transcendent beauty of nature a few times, though coming from a different worldview, I perceive it differently. Can a virtual landscape be transcendent? I don’t know. But they try. [To teleport to Happy Mood, click here].

Pink Rayne’s stream is a mix of lovely landscapes and charming fashion microblogging. I am more drawn to her landscapes. From the chaos of a city to the charm of a forest path to the mystical eeriness of standing stones, her pictures reflect the emotional affect of the places she visits. She doesn’t just capture a picture, she captures a whole mood. 

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All images copyright Pink Rayne