Caroling Geary: Behind the scene : how this panorama was made I spent weeks on these panoramas and still am not satisfied or finished. I see this forest out the window beyond my computer screen where I spend most of my time. It is a sanctuary in the sense of a place set apart for inner well-being. Physically, it rests my eyes and invigorates my wondering when the endangered tawny panther will appear. The December solstice is my birthday, usually celebrated in honor of the sun aligned with the center of the galaxy. I expand consciousness to connect with the celestial rotations that pull me around to June solstice when we realign between the sun and the galactic center. I took the photos for a two-tier object movie, from my toes to just above the horizon. I made a disk to stand on, with 16 notches, for 16 pictures around. I was thinking "grounding" in the sanctuary, bowed in reverence. The object movie was too big and jerky, so I stitched the upper tier into a panoramic source file. The graphics pasted into the stitched forest picture are of favorite and familiar spirits especially drawn to me at this place and time. However, two new visions appeared: the dancer and the net of chaos shadows. I intended to superimpose a Flash movie of the solstice lights: sun, stars in Sagittarius, and candle. It was too distracting. Also, when the aspect ratio of a QTVR is changed, it doesn't affect the VR track, but it stretches and distorts the Flash track. I could have made it in 4:3 proportion to fit many screens. But new widescreen displays do not have that proportion. I will develop the sun/galaxy movie on the related pages in my website, Wholeo Online. The "Seagrove" in the title comes from Seagrove Beach, the name of the neighborhood where I live. Return