Paolo Trizomu Paola Trizomu loves fashion. While her present-day interest on the SL grid is photography, former model and blogger Trizomu got her start in the SL fashion industry several years ago. After completing the Miss Virtual World Modeling Academy in April 2010, Paola served as a runway, advertisement and store model for various names, including shows with Maritima. Her work transitioned to blogging in 2011 with the inception of “The Regina Blog”, which covered familiar brands such as ICONIC Couture, Vanity Hair, Meghindo’s, !Soul, and 22769, as well as special events like The 24 and Hipster Fair. Paola retired her blog in 2014, taking an extended RL hiatus away from the SL grid. With her recent return to SL, Paola currently focuses on photography exclusively, while acclimating to what she calls “fascinating progresses in SL content creation”. This might sound a bit altruistic, but what makes me optimistic about the future are examples of kindness, humanity, fairness and empathy. With everything going on in the world at the moment, it is easy to feel anything but optimistic about the years to come. However, we have many reasons to feel hopeful. I have not seen a shortage of kindness, especially in recent days. It seems that when kindness is threatened, people respond in a big way, perhaps to reassure themselves that kindness is still very much available. Our humanity makes that possible. While some might be consumed with gain and volume, there are still others who are more concerned about being fair and doing what is right. And why is it so important? What do we get in return? When we make ourselves available to help someone else, when we show empathy for another’s suffering, through their gratitude we can create a cycle of these virtues. Witnessing others be more conscious of how they are treating each other, each day…that is what makes me optimistic about the future, it gives me hope.” Check out her Flickr and Blog. Photograph by Paolo Trizomu.
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