Notes for a Future Essay

Avatars in Second Life. My first introduction to the word Avatar was through a very low level "Religions of the World" type course where it was used to refer to the, now I'm stretching back in the memory a bit here, Hindu(?) belief in Godly manifestations in human forms. That we use it to talk about graphical stand-ins for internet users seems...a little harsh. I miss the grandiose in language.