Posted: 28 October 2009 at 6:10am | IP Logged

World of Warcraft viewed as art medium Boasting 11.5 million monthly subscriptions, the popular massive multiplayer online role playing game ¡°World of Warcraft¡± has spread its influence across millions of computers, gaming cafes and college laptops. Blizzard Entertainment, which created the computer game, has worked hard to support its community by creating an expansive world full of exciting quests, intricate lore, strong social relationships and a place for others to share their creativity through role play and fan art. Grace Kook-Anderson, curator of exhibitions at the Laguna Art Museum, saw the potential of this creativity and made the art exhibition ¡°WoW: Emergent Art Phenomenon.¡± ¡°Before I started, Blizzard had actually proposed to do something at the Laguna Art Museum, also to celebrate the fifth anniversary of ¡®World of Warcraft,¡¯¡± said Kook-Anderson. ¡°I was also really interested in looking at artists who play ¡°World of Warcraft¡± or who are looking at this game¡¯s unique appeal, and I was hoping for a conversation between the two.¡± This exhibition showcased hundreds of fan art projects, art from several of those on the Blizzard payroll, a room dedicated to Machinima (videos in which the game is used to create stories), a downstairs mostly consisting of interactive media and a massive sculpture of an Orc riding his wolf mount in the lobby. The fan art posted at the exhibition was entirely taken from the ¡°WoW¡± community Web site and filled a small room from floor to ceiling. Pieces ranged from comical to epic and featured all races and classes in ¡°WoW.¡± Jorg Dubin, a traditional oil painter who works mostly on linen canvas, had three paintings on display that had a gritty and realistic depiction of ¡°WoW.¡± ¡°Night Elf with a 12 Gauge,¡± featured a night elf touting a shotgun, ¡°Blood Elf with Head of Stranger¡± was a gruesome and dark depiction of a Blood Elf¡¯s latest kill, and ¡°Days End in Dalaran¡± which showed a depressed looking blood elf drinking and holding a bottle of whiskey. Wei Wang, one of the Blizzard staff artists who is also working on ¡°Starcraft II,¡± had many pieces on display, including several drawings of the Lich King Arthas, the main villain in ¡°WoW¡¯s¡± latest expansion, ¡°Wrath of the Lich King.¡± Glenn Rane was another staff artist who had many of his works on display, one of which was an impressive depiction of the game¡¯s undead queen Sylvannas Windrunner.09zmchuan1027 reports: Are you a World of Warcraft fan? 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Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the

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We often focus on building relationships with others that we forget the essential first step: being friends

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Your past

Maybe you have made mistakes in the past which you feel bad about. You might be disappointed with yourself

on why you could make such mistakes. Even if that happened in distant past, your subconscious mind still has

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Your background

You might wish that you were born in different family, or that you have different background. Maybe you

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Your personality traits
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Your achievements relative to others Others might have better achievements than you, and no matter how hard

you tried, it might seem impossible for you to match them. You might then think that it''s because you are

not smart enough or don''t have enough talents. Is there anything that resonate with you? All these give

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You may have made those mistakes in the past, but is there anything you can do about them? I don''t think

so, except learning from them. It''s true that you are not perfect, but neither is everybody else. It¡¯s

normal to make mistakes, so do yourself a favor by giving yourself forgiveness.

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will feel much relieved if you treat things you can¡¯t change the way they deserve: just accept them, smile,

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Instead of focusing on your weaknesses, focus on your strengths. You always have some strengths which give

you a unique combination nobody else have. Recognize your strengths and build your life around them.

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One reason we may not like ourselves is we are too focused on what we don¡¯t have that we forget about what

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there are a lot of small but important achievements in our life. For example, if you have some good friends,

that¡¯s already an achievement. If you have a good family, that is also an achievement.

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measure your success is not determined by other people and what they achieve. Instead, it is determined by

your own life purpose. You have everything you need to achieve your life purpose, so it''s useless to

compare yourself with others.

6. Always be true to yourself

You don''t like other people lying to you, right? Similarly, you won''t like yourself if you know that you

lie to yourself. Whether you realize it or not, that gives your mind a reason not to like yourself. That¡¯s

why it''s important to always be true to yourself. In whatever you do, be honest and follow your conscience.

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friend on earth, I shall at least have one friend left, and that friend shall be down inside of me.

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