Anyway, this week I am in the middle of trying to get ready for an Adobe Flash training I am doing this summer in Florida. Very exciting stuff. Very happy I got the opportunity to do this.

Even though I used to teach Flash, I haven’t been in the classroom in over 3 years. Also, I have no opportunity to work in Flash in my current job. Flash CS3 is a very different animal and I had to learn ActionScript all over again because version 3 is so different. Not that I’ve “learned” it or anything….not to any great degree. But I have learned it well enough to teach the class in July - the partcipants will learn Flash and basic ActionScripting to build a simple website.

So my first version of the project is done and even though it’s not an “illustration” per se…I thought it fit right into this week’s IF theme - baby. The website I created is about my “fur babies” Milo and Ruby - my two Cairn Terriers.

It’s funny, because the website was actually hard for me to create because I had to keep it s-i-m-p-l-e. I had to keep scaling it back and deleting features. I still think the development is too complicated for a basic Flash class. So I’ll probably create another version of it and take out some of the bells and whistles. Also, the videos are horrible. The quality of the video themselves is bad. So I need to get something else. Adding video has to be part of the training session, but the quality of this is terrible. It loads funny too. Back to the drawing board…but in the meantime, enjoy my two fur babies in Cairntopia.

I have to think on this a few days - consciously.

Law of Attraction states, “That which is like unto itself is drawn.” In a nutshell: if you sit and allow yourself to marinate in “worry,” then the Universe has no choice but to give you something to worry about. No thanks.

I know this isn’t a big deal in the scheme of things. I can just choose to skip a week. But I want to try and solve the dilemma in a way that feels right and good to me as opposed to avoiding it. I think this is one of those issues where it is appropriate to give it over to my Higher Self for her to solve. Let her figure out a way to illustrate this theme that is inspiring and uplifting. I’m going to stop worrying about it.

So there have been quite a pieces of driftwood that have appeared in my reality. Which is quite cool. A couple of job offers totally out of the blue. An opportunity to do some Adobe training this summer. (so cool!) A whisper to possibly work with someone again that I really liked working with in the past.

Nothing has actually manifested. And in the past I might have looked on this and been disappointed with myself. But now, I’m seeing them as opportunities to get really excited about what I want. Also, they provide opportunities for me to continue honing my wants and don’t-wants in terms my career.

I love it! Keep ‘em coming.

Illustration Friday: Theme for week of May 16 - Wide.

Illustration Friday - When I saw this week’s theme “Electricity” the first thing I thought of was the song “The Body Electric” from the movie Fame. I’ve always like the words to that song.

I couldn’t embed the YouTube video for some reason. But if you’ve never heard the song…here it is The Body Electric on YouTube.

I sing the body electric
I celebrate the me yet to come
I toast to my own reunion
When I become one with the sun

And I’ll look back on Venus
I’ll look back on Mars
And I’ll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars

I sing the body electric
I glory in the glow of rebirth
Creating my own tomorrow
When I shall embody the earth

And I’ll serenade Venus
I’ll serenade Mars
And I’ll burn with the fire of ten million stars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars

We are the emperors now
And we are the czars
And in time
And in time
We will all be stars

One of my favorite Abraham-Hicks quotes:

Within the seed of your desire is everything necessary for it to blossom to fulfillment. And Law of Attraction is the engine that does the work. Your work is just to give it a fertile growing place in order to expand. © Abraham-Hicks

I had already created this image and thought the topic of “Seed” would be a good one for Illustration Friday. I didn’t expect them to pick it so quickly. Since I am very busy right now with “end of school stuff”, I decided to use this piece for this week’s IF topic of “Seed”. I really like this digital collage and am glad that more people will get a chance to see it.

It’s been awhile since I participated in Illustration Friday. Thought I would give a go, one more time.  I didn’t like this week’s topic that much…so I tried to create something that made me smile…wrinkles do not make me smile.  

But what’s a girl to do when she works 12 hour days and can barely make it home to the couch and crashing. I will do better in the future. There’s a lot percolating ”up there.” And it needs to find an outlet!  

I have tried to get back “into it” but just couldn’t. Something was stopping me. And then one day I stumbled across the Abraham-Hicks material. I was amazed I hadn’t heard of Esther and Jerry Hicks before. But I hadn’t. And quite frankly, I wasn’t looking for more channeled material. But I guess I was, and just didn’t know it. A few months ago while I was browsing the web, I followed one link and then another and then another…until eventually I found myself at their website. So I started reading some books and looking at their free videos on YouTube (see one of my favorites below).

In reality there is nothing “new” here. It is very very similar to the Lazaris material. Of course it is. It is “universal law” so of course the information will be the same. But I guess why I was tired of working with Lazaris is easy for me to understand now that I’ve read some of the Abraham-Hicks books. The information is very straight-forward. There isn’t a lot of metaphorical speaking, like with Lazaris. It is basic, down to the point, easy to understand and USE.

So Saturday will be my first opportunity to go to a workshop. Mark and I are going together. I am really excited. Its been a long time since I’ve had this opportunity and I am looking forward to being in the presence of this awesome energy and surrounded by a room full of people who are also working with the type of material. I have missed being a part of it.