Additional Notes

Corcosman Voom first heard about Chilbo at Sophrosyne Stenvaag’s Saturday Salon during a presentation from Fleep and Cosimo discussing online communities. Soon after, he ran into Fleep at a parcel of land that had come up for auction in Chilbo and decided to stay. “The idea of maintaining a community on the mainland by common agreement of a group of diverse residents was very attractive to me,” said Corcosman.

Corcosman enjoys the artistic side of Second Life and the wide variety of people that he has met. He established the Corcosmia art gallery with the idea of promoting the work of two watercolorists friends and showing paintings and photographs for the pleasure of casual visitors to Chilbo. Corcosman usually has one or two of his own pieces out for display, but focuses mostly on other people’s work that he enjoys. He also often provides landmarks to interesting exhibits by other artists. “The people are definitely what make Second Life a valuable experience for me,” said Corcosman, “On any given day you can meet anyone from a scientist to the most casual tourist, sometimes in the same group of people chatting away amiably.”