{"id":642,"date":"2021-07-10T02:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-10T06:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/serioustangents.com\/SeriousBlog\/?p=642"},"modified":"2022-03-20T02:25:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T06:25:18","slug":"meditation-what-makes-a-scene-beach-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/serioustangents.com\/SeriousBlog\/?p=642","title":{"rendered":"Meditation: What Makes a Scene: Beach House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In my next installation of this series, I\u2019m going to address the ocean view property in my meditation program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, as a quick aside, I\u2019m a real fan of those tv reality shows where people look at houses that are for sale on islands in the Caribbean or off the eastern coast or wherever.  I laugh at the way the people say they have these ridiculously mediocre jobs yet have a budget of 3.4 million to buy their property.  I also know that in most cases, the entire show is utterly scripted, the couple has already purchased a house and they\u2019re now being given tours of other locations to discuss the various aspects of the property they have no intention of buying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, my budget for my secret island getaway is seven gigabytes.  What I can I get for that investment?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It turns out that I can get quite a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I wanted to create a small island atmosphere, where I could watch the sun set, with the sound of waves and seagulls.  I wanted to find a way where I could watch videos if I wanted to from within the house, along with a fireplace that would provide additional ambient sound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The structure itself needed to be a relatively open and airy area, with windows on each side so I could see the ocean no matter where I looked, except on the one wall where my back would be facing.\u00a0 Furnishings would be modest, with a couch, table with candles, a few paintings, and a record player on the far wall to play music files (as desired). I added an option to turn the painting of stones into a video player, similar to the laptop screen in the Space Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The house just needed to be a single room.  I didn\u2019t have to address real-world concerns like having a bathroom or kitchen, but I decided to add a very small refrigerator with a couple of snack-items behind the couch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For some finishing touches, I added a couple of benches near the house and closer to the waves, so I could have somewhere to sit and take in the scenery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Unlike the issues that I faced with Pirate Island, incorporating the seagulls into the scene worked relatively well, probably because it was such a smaller area and I only needed one flock of ~8 seagulls to really sell the scene.  I was able to add a couple other visual resources (including some randomly placed seashells that I could collect if I felt like exploring the area).  I toyed with the idea of adding aquatic life but decided against it as I didn\u2019t intend to sit underwater for any length of time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The thing is, unlike Lava World where it feels like there\u2019s something there that shouldn\u2019t be (making the scene feel just, off, somehow), the Beach House feels like a relaxing environment but something is clearly missing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It could be something as simple as having a little crab crawling around in the sand to some fish in the distant water to a couple of props, or maybe a record to listen to.  While I incorporated some logic to allow me to see what\u2019s on my computer screen (and have watched a couple of James Bond movies sitting in my virtual oasis), that doesn\u2019t feel like the missing piece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ll figure it out eventually, but the selling price for the entire scene, audio and all, is about 650mb, well under the space I expected, but will garner no complaints from me. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, hope that you are all doing well!  Have a great rest of the week and enjoy what remains of the summer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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