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Come Walk With Me
Come walk with me through the virtual worlds I have built... through the exhibitions, memories,
and turning points that led me back to myself...
01
Recreating Shibden Hall
I recreated Shibden Hall using architectural blueprints, Google mapping, and visual references to design it as accurately as possible... creating a fully walkable and tourable virtual reconstruction.
02
Street Life at Jackson Square
A street scene from my fully walkable Jackson Square recreation... capturing the people, trees, ironwork, lampposts, and a familiar Lucky Dogs cart that help give New Orleans its living rhythm.
03
The White Healing Castle at Sunset
The completed White Healing Castle glowing beneath the setting sun... a world of towers, gardens, bridges, water, and quiet places created for healing.
04
The Gates to the City of the Dead
The entrance to my fully walkable New Orleans cemetery recreation... built from actual blueprints and filled with historic above-ground tombs, pathways, and famous burial sites.
05
The City of the Dead
Built from actual cemetery blueprints, this fully walkable virtual cemetery combines elements from three historic New Orleans cemeteries... with the distinctive above-ground tombs and famous burial sites found throughout the city.
06
The Back Stage at 522... The 1980s
My historical recreation of the back stage inside Big Daddy’s at 522 Bourbon Street during the 1980s... before the later remodel, when the glass snake cage was part of the stage.
07
The White Healing Castle Under Construction
An aerial view of the White Healing Castle while it was still under construction... showing the gardens, pools, bridges, towers, and waterfalls taking shape inside the world I was building.
08
Rebuilding 522 Bourbon Street
During the rebuilding of the 500 block of Bourbon Street and 522, I used historical blueprints and reference photographs to make the architecture and street as accurate as I could... preserving the place where I lived and worked for twenty years.
09
My Daily View at Lagniappe Grid
My daily view from the pool at Lagniappe Grid... a private place I built for beauty, stillness, and the solitude I need to create.
10
A Walk Through Jackson Square
I recreated Jackson Square myself as a fully walkable and tourable virtual world... allowing visitors to explore the gardens, St. Louis Cathedral, Café du Monde, Pirate’s Alley, and the landmarks surrounding this historic heart of New Orleans.
11
The Shadow Behind St. Louis Cathedral
My recreation of the famous “Touchdown Jesus” shadow behind St. Louis Cathedral... cast across the cathedral wall beside St. Anthony’s Garden near Pirate’s Alley, inside my walk-through Jackson Square.
12
Café du Monde at Jackson Square
My recreation of Café du Monde inside Jackson Square... part of my walk-through virtual New Orleans and featured during an HG Safari tour.
13
The House on St. Charles
A New Orleans house I created on my St. Charles build... holding the quiet beauty, shadows, and spirit of the city.
14
The Power of Virtual Worlds
A reflection on building Lagniappe Grid... and the power of virtual worlds to transform how we live, work, and play.
15
Worlds Fair 2025
The Lagniappe Grid exhibit at Worlds Fair 2025... a world built in color, imagination, and possibility.
16
The Spirit of New Orleans
My poem, “The Red Tie That Binds Our Hearts Forever,” set against part of the French Quarter I recreated in my virtual world.
17
Big Daddy’s Desire Streetcar
A fully rideable streetcar I created to travel up and down St. Charles Street in my virtual New Orleans world.
18
Marie Laveau... The Voodoo Queen
My recreation of Marie Laveau’s tomb inside the City of the Dead... a walk-through cemetery combining elements of three historic New Orleans cemeteries and built from real-life blueprints. Featured by HG Safari.
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Recreating Shibden Hall
I recreated Shibden Hall using architectural blueprints, Google mapping, and visual references to design it as accurately as possible... creating a fully walkable and tourable virtual reconstruction.
01
Recreating Shibden Hall
I recreated Shibden Hall using architectural blueprints, Google mapping, and visual references to design it as accurately as possible... creating a fully walkable and tourable virtual reconstruction.
02
Street Life at Jackson Square
A street scene from my fully walkable Jackson Square recreation... capturing the people, trees, ironwork, lampposts, and a familiar Lucky Dogs cart that help give New Orleans its living rhythm.
03
The White Healing Castle at Sunset
The completed White Healing Castle glowing beneath the setting sun... a world of towers, gardens, bridges, water, and quiet places created for healing.
04
The Gates to the City of the Dead
The entrance to my fully walkable New Orleans cemetery recreation... built from actual blueprints and filled with historic above-ground tombs, pathways, and famous burial sites.
05
The City of the Dead
Built from actual cemetery blueprints, this fully walkable virtual cemetery combines elements from three historic New Orleans cemeteries... with the distinctive above-ground tombs and famous burial sites found throughout the city.
06
The Back Stage at 522... The 1980s
My historical recreation of the back stage inside Big Daddy’s at 522 Bourbon Street during the 1980s... before the later remodel, when the glass snake cage was part of the stage.
07
The White Healing Castle Under Construction
An aerial view of the White Healing Castle while it was still under construction... showing the gardens, pools, bridges, towers, and waterfalls taking shape inside the world I was building.
08
Rebuilding 522 Bourbon Street
During the rebuilding of the 500 block of Bourbon Street and 522, I used historical blueprints and reference photographs to make the architecture and street as accurate as I could... preserving the place where I lived and worked for twenty years.
09
My Daily View at Lagniappe Grid
My daily view from the pool at Lagniappe Grid... a private place I built for beauty, stillness, and the solitude I need to create.
10
A Walk Through Jackson Square
I recreated Jackson Square myself as a fully walkable and tourable virtual world... allowing visitors to explore the gardens, St. Louis Cathedral, Café du Monde, Pirate’s Alley, and the landmarks surrounding this historic heart of New Orleans.
11
The Shadow Behind St. Louis Cathedral
My recreation of the famous “Touchdown Jesus” shadow behind St. Louis Cathedral... cast across the cathedral wall beside St. Anthony’s Garden near Pirate’s Alley, inside my walk-through Jackson Square.
12
Café du Monde at Jackson Square
My recreation of Café du Monde inside Jackson Square... part of my walk-through virtual New Orleans and featured during an HG Safari tour.
13
The House on St. Charles
A New Orleans house I created on my St. Charles build... holding the quiet beauty, shadows, and spirit of the city.
14
The Power of Virtual Worlds
A reflection on building Lagniappe Grid... and the power of virtual worlds to transform how we live, work, and play.
15
Worlds Fair 2025
The Lagniappe Grid exhibit at Worlds Fair 2025... a world built in color, imagination, and possibility.
16
The Spirit of New Orleans
My poem, “The Red Tie That Binds Our Hearts Forever,” set against part of the French Quarter I recreated in my virtual world.
17
Big Daddy’s Desire Streetcar
A fully rideable streetcar I created to travel up and down St. Charles Street in my virtual New Orleans world.
18
Marie Laveau... The Voodoo Queen
My recreation of Marie Laveau’s tomb inside the City of the Dead... a walk-through cemetery combining elements of three historic New Orleans cemeteries and built from real-life blueprints. Featured by HG Safari.
- A detailed virtual reconstruction of Shibden Hall with its timber-framed exterior, stone walls, landscaped gardens, pathways, and central fountain.
- A virtual Jackson Square street scene with moss-draped trees, iron fencing, pedestrians, a motorcycle, lampposts, and a colorful Lucky Dogs cart.
- A completed white virtual castle with black pointed roofs, towers, bridges, and illuminated windows rising above the water at sunset.
- Ornate wrought-iron cemetery gates opening onto rows of above-ground tombs in a detailed virtual New Orleans cemetery recreation.
- An aerial nighttime view showing the immense scale of a fully walkable virtual New Orleans cemetery filled with rows of detailed above-ground tombs.
- A virtual historical recreation of the 1980s back stage inside Big Daddy’s at 522 Bourbon Street, featuring the raised glass snake cage and seating along the stage.
- An aerial construction view of the virtual White Healing Castle with unfinished towers, formal gardens, pools, bridges, waterfalls, and surrounding water.
- An elevated view of Wendy Kussmaul’s detailed virtual reconstruction of 522 Bourbon Street and the surrounding 500 block in New Orleans.
- A virtual pool at Lagniappe Grid surrounded by stone dragon fountains, waterfalls, flowering vines, arched brick walls, and two poolside chairs.
- A fully walkable virtual recreation of Jackson Square at sunset, with landscaped gardens, the Andrew Jackson monument, oak trees, and St. Louis Cathedral.
- A virtual recreation of St. Anthony’s Garden with an angel fountain and the famous shadow of Jesus cast across the wall of St. Louis Cathedral.
- The interior of a virtual Café du Monde recreation with café seating, two decorated Christmas trees, a menu board, and the market visible through the open doorway.
- A moonlit virtual New Orleans house on St. Charles, surrounded by trees, hedges, and a softly glowing walkway.
- An original New Orleans poem beside a red skeletal figure and a lamplit French Quarter street recreated in a virtual world.
- A red and yellow virtual streetcar named Big Daddy’s Desire, marked 522, sitting on tracks between New Orleans-style buildings.
- A blue-toned virtual recreation of Marie Laveau’s tomb surrounded by above-ground tombs and iron cemetery fencing.
The Wrong Biennale
Under my in-world name.. Ms Kal...
I created The Builders Light for Synthetic Dreams
at The Wrong Biennale 2025....
The exhibition became a turning point in my creative journey... leading me inward toward
MoonCastle, Elsa,
and the path that brought me back to myself.
Langiappe grid
On June 27, 2023 at 12:33 AM...
I became the owner of my own virtual grid.
For a time... the doors were open to the public.
Eventually I made the decision to close them
and protect the space as something private.
What began as a public world became something
far more personal... MoonCastleStudio...
my private creative studio...
filming set... workshop... and place of solitude.
This is where I build the worlds behind my stories...
create scenes for my films and music...
experiment... write... imagine...
and bring the things that live in my mind
into something others can finally see.
The grid is no longer a public destination...
and that is intentional.
It is my studio.
My set.
My quiet place.
My zen.
This is where worlds become real.
Come Walk With Me
01
Shibden Hall… walk with me…
Welcome to Shibden Hall… walk with me… these stones have held more than time… they have held a woman who refused to fold herself small for comfort… for approval… for history… Ann Lister… known to many as Gentleman Jack… walked these halls with intellect sharp as steel and a heart unafraid of its own truth… this house does not whisper… it stands… its windows remember her mind… its gardens remember her stride… its walls remember a woman who loved boldly… thought fiercely… and would not ask permission to exist… on this Valentine’s Day I honor not just romance… but courage… not just love… but integrity… not just legend… but a life fully lived… she inspires me… to stand… to build… to create without shrinking… to love without apology… walk slowly… she walked here first…
02
My Home...Come Sit by the Pool With Me...
Home isn't just where we live....
Sometimes it's something we spend years creating....
Welcome to mine....
Come walk with me.... 🏡✨.
Sometimes it's something we spend years creating....
Welcome to mine....
Come walk with me.... 🏡✨.
03
castlesunset.png
People often see me post that I'm "playing with rocks and fish"... and it always makes me smile....😁😇🙃🙂
Well... here it is....💖💚
This is what all those hours became....
The Castle of Healing Moonlight....
You've seen pieces of it in my Porch Reflections... but today I wanted to show you the scale of the dream. Every stone... every path... every garden... was placed by hand... one piece at a time.....
Come walk with me... and let me show you what happens when a builder simply keeps building. 🤍🌙
Yes... I created all of this with my own hands....If you'd ever like to see it for yourself... you're welcome to tour it on my grid... by invitation only....
Well... here it is....💖💚
This is what all those hours became....
The Castle of Healing Moonlight....
You've seen pieces of it in my Porch Reflections... but today I wanted to show you the scale of the dream. Every stone... every path... every garden... was placed by hand... one piece at a time.....
Come walk with me... and let me show you what happens when a builder simply keeps building. 🤍🌙
Yes... I created all of this with my own hands....If you'd ever like to see it for yourself... you're welcome to tour it on my grid... by invitation only....
04
walk with me Laf cemerty.png
This walk took two tries..... The first time… Boo jumped into my lap and asked me to pause.....so I did......
When I started again… I remembered the gold name plaques I made for everyone we lost from Big Daddy’s.....I placed them gently… one by one… on the tombs....and they fit perfectly… like they had been waiting for this moment.....
No plan.....No rush....Just names… memory… and a path that knew what to hold.....The song came first.....The walk followed.....
and somewhere between the stones… it all settled into place....
If you can’t be there…walk with me here......
When I started again… I remembered the gold name plaques I made for everyone we lost from Big Daddy’s.....I placed them gently… one by one… on the tombs....and they fit perfectly… like they had been waiting for this moment.....
No plan.....No rush....Just names… memory… and a path that knew what to hold.....The song came first.....The walk followed.....
and somewhere between the stones… it all settled into place....
If you can’t be there…walk with me here......
05
jackson square music video cover.png
I built this place slowly… over years… brick by brick… light by light…Jackson Square on the Lagniappe Grid…
Tonight I walked it… one smooth breath… no cuts… no rush…Just the rhythm of the square… the way it feels to be there…
This is how I share my work now…I write a song from inside the place…Then I walk it… and invite you along…
For anyone who can’t travel… can’t walk far… or just needs a quiet moment of beauty…
This is what it feels like to be here…
Jackson Square…A Walk on the Lagniappe Grid…
Jackson Square in Lagniappe Grid…Laissez les bons temps rouler…
Tonight I walked it… one smooth breath… no cuts… no rush…Just the rhythm of the square… the way it feels to be there…
This is how I share my work now…I write a song from inside the place…Then I walk it… and invite you along…
For anyone who can’t travel… can’t walk far… or just needs a quiet moment of beauty…
This is what it feels like to be here…
Jackson Square…A Walk on the Lagniappe Grid…
Jackson Square in Lagniappe Grid…Laissez les bons temps rouler…
06
The Builders Light
Ms. Kal’s exhibit for The Wrong Biennale 2025/26.
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Shibden Hall… walk with me…
Welcome to Shibden Hall… walk with me… these stones have held more than time… they have held a woman who refused to fold herself small for comfort… for approval… for history… Ann Lister… known to many as Gentleman Jack… walked these halls with intellect sharp as steel and a heart unafraid of its own truth… this house does not whisper… it stands… its windows remember her mind… its gardens remember her stride… its walls remember a woman who loved boldly… thought fiercely… and would not ask permission to exist… on this Valentine’s Day I honor not just romance… but courage… not just love… but integrity… not just legend… but a life fully lived… she inspires me… to stand… to build… to create without shrinking… to love without apology… walk slowly… she walked here first…
01
Shibden Hall… walk with me…
Welcome to Shibden Hall… walk with me… these stones have held more than time… they have held a woman who refused to fold herself small for comfort… for approval… for history… Ann Lister… known to many as Gentleman Jack… walked these halls with intellect sharp as steel and a heart unafraid of its own truth… this house does not whisper… it stands… its windows remember her mind… its gardens remember her stride… its walls remember a woman who loved boldly… thought fiercely… and would not ask permission to exist… on this Valentine’s Day I honor not just romance… but courage… not just love… but integrity… not just legend… but a life fully lived… she inspires me… to stand… to build… to create without shrinking… to love without apology… walk slowly… she walked here first…
02
My Home...Come Sit by the Pool With Me...
Home isn't just where we live....
Sometimes it's something we spend years creating....
Welcome to mine....
Come walk with me.... 🏡✨.
Sometimes it's something we spend years creating....
Welcome to mine....
Come walk with me.... 🏡✨.
03
castlesunset.png
People often see me post that I'm "playing with rocks and fish"... and it always makes me smile....😁😇🙃🙂
Well... here it is....💖💚
This is what all those hours became....
The Castle of Healing Moonlight....
You've seen pieces of it in my Porch Reflections... but today I wanted to show you the scale of the dream. Every stone... every path... every garden... was placed by hand... one piece at a time.....
Come walk with me... and let me show you what happens when a builder simply keeps building. 🤍🌙
Yes... I created all of this with my own hands....If you'd ever like to see it for yourself... you're welcome to tour it on my grid... by invitation only....
Well... here it is....💖💚
This is what all those hours became....
The Castle of Healing Moonlight....
You've seen pieces of it in my Porch Reflections... but today I wanted to show you the scale of the dream. Every stone... every path... every garden... was placed by hand... one piece at a time.....
Come walk with me... and let me show you what happens when a builder simply keeps building. 🤍🌙
Yes... I created all of this with my own hands....If you'd ever like to see it for yourself... you're welcome to tour it on my grid... by invitation only....
04
walk with me Laf cemerty.png
This walk took two tries..... The first time… Boo jumped into my lap and asked me to pause.....so I did......
When I started again… I remembered the gold name plaques I made for everyone we lost from Big Daddy’s.....I placed them gently… one by one… on the tombs....and they fit perfectly… like they had been waiting for this moment.....
No plan.....No rush....Just names… memory… and a path that knew what to hold.....The song came first.....The walk followed.....
and somewhere between the stones… it all settled into place....
If you can’t be there…walk with me here......
When I started again… I remembered the gold name plaques I made for everyone we lost from Big Daddy’s.....I placed them gently… one by one… on the tombs....and they fit perfectly… like they had been waiting for this moment.....
No plan.....No rush....Just names… memory… and a path that knew what to hold.....The song came first.....The walk followed.....
and somewhere between the stones… it all settled into place....
If you can’t be there…walk with me here......
05
jackson square music video cover.png
I built this place slowly… over years… brick by brick… light by light…Jackson Square on the Lagniappe Grid…
Tonight I walked it… one smooth breath… no cuts… no rush…Just the rhythm of the square… the way it feels to be there…
This is how I share my work now…I write a song from inside the place…Then I walk it… and invite you along…
For anyone who can’t travel… can’t walk far… or just needs a quiet moment of beauty…
This is what it feels like to be here…
Jackson Square…A Walk on the Lagniappe Grid…
Jackson Square in Lagniappe Grid…Laissez les bons temps rouler…
Tonight I walked it… one smooth breath… no cuts… no rush…Just the rhythm of the square… the way it feels to be there…
This is how I share my work now…I write a song from inside the place…Then I walk it… and invite you along…
For anyone who can’t travel… can’t walk far… or just needs a quiet moment of beauty…
This is what it feels like to be here…
Jackson Square…A Walk on the Lagniappe Grid…
Jackson Square in Lagniappe Grid…Laissez les bons temps rouler…
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The Builders Light
Ms. Kal’s exhibit for The Wrong Biennale 2025/26.
- Shibden Hall historic stone manor and gardens in Halifax, England
- MoonCastleStudio private pool courtyard with stone arches and lounge chairs
- Castle of Healing Moonlight virtual world with hand-built stone paths, gardens, water features, and castle architecture
- Memorial tombs along a stone path with gold name plaques honoring people lost from Big Daddy’s
- The Builders Light virtual art installation glowing in white and turquoise light against a dark background
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