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Abba's music, like the music of many other insightful artists, was both on time and ahead of it's time. If you've not heard Abba's recording of this song, I recommend hearing this song with focused attention, &#40;or you can <A HREF="angels.html">read it here</A>&#41;.<P> </FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#00AEED"> <CENTER><I><B>&quot;Insights CAN and DO redefine reality&quot;</B></I></CENTER></FONT><P> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> Now, if you're wondering how all of this Abba and song stuff relates to the tilted house above, let me tell you.<P> In 1953 that tilted house was on the market at $12,000. The price included not only the old homestead, but 12 acres of super-rich soil and a large mature orange grove. My father &#40;a man who sometimes chose to constrain his dreams&#41; considered buying this property, but upon hearing that Mom did not want a crooked old house, Dad lost interest. [OH MY!]. If they only knew that that tilted crooked old house and it's 12 acres were to become the main gate entrance to California's Disneyland, they may have made a different choice.<P> I can tell you, both as an x-broker as well as someone who is capable of sharing the obvious that $12,000 would have been an excellent investment! [Oh well, that was then and this is now].<P> Don't worry folks, ole' Dad did alright with his investments.<P> As an observer of history, I'm personally greatful that my friend Walt acquired the property. I have two main reasons for my gratitude. First, Walt Disney was a man who knew how to dream! Not only did he have faith in himself and his own dreams, but he had faith in &quot;the extended family&quot;, perpetual childhood joy, and unending imagineering &#40;potential&#41;. It is souls like his that help to teach others how to dream! The second reason that I Am glad Walt got the property is because his intentions were not limited to &quot;self&quot;, but as history will attest, they were and are &quot;unlimited&quot;.<P> Ahhhhhhhh, what dreams may come!<P> Footnote: I haven't a clue who the two Spirits in the graphic are, but I imagine they're living at Disneyland now and having a ball!<P> </FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#00AEED"> <CENTER><I><B>My dream for all who are in concordance, is:<BR> &quot;Faith in themselves, their insights and their dreams.<BR> Trust and safety in the knowingness of the existence of<BR> an Eternal, Loving, Unbias, Unlimited, Giving, connected,<BR> God&#47;Creator Force. And so it is! Thank You, All-That-Is.&quot;</B></I></CENTER></FONT> </TD> </TABLE> </P> <TABLE BORDER="0" TABLE ALIGN="center"> <TR> <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"> <HR> <TABLE BORDER="0" TABLE WIDTH="95%" ALIGN="center"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="text-align:justify"> <!--EXPLANATION OF ANIMATION> </FONT><CENTER><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">ANIMATION - THE L&#64;ST RESORT<BR> A NEW INTENTIONAL-LIVING PARADIGM<P> </FONT> </CENTER> <CENTER><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">CO-HOUSING - THE DEFINITIVE</CENTER><BR> THE PRACTICE RUN:<P></FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> In the 1960's &#40;The Day&#41;, co-housing establishments were called, &quot;Communes, Pads, Colonies or whatever&quot;. Whenever a few people &quot;shacked-up&quot; together, abracadabra, co-housing happened. These fundamental establishments were often created with &#40;self-imposed, mostly UNconscious&#41; limited sophistication, limited life-experience, limited Spiritual knowledge and limited wherewithal. And though the intentions of those early homestead cultivators were often honorable, they were also UNseasoned, UNfocused, UNprepared and UNconfident intentions &#40;that's a LOT of UN's!&#41;.<P> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#00AEED"> <CENTER><I><B>The road to hell can be paved with good intentions,<BR> But, it can be &quot;the road to heaven&quot;, just as well!<BR> &#40;Old deisms-idioms change&#41;</B></I></CENTER></FONT><P> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> Those of you who can relate to being called &quot;the baby-boomer generation&quot; will remember some of the co-habitation experiences of the 60's. But, you may or may not be aware that it was &quot;THOSE BLESSED EXPERIENCES&quot;, that prepared us for what is transpiring right now. The only difference between then and now, is &quot;that&quot; which is happening now has ALL the necessary preparation and infrastructure to create those old dreams on a much grander more evolved scale. <P> What we're working with now are more Life-experiences, more learned compassion, more sophistication, more focused intent, more mature Spiritualization, more individualized empowerment, more unified agreement, more aspirations and JUST ENOUNGH innocence to make things happen. It is those qualities, dear ones, that create the formula destined to change the world, <B><U>AND SO IT IS - BY GOLLY!</U></B><P> <CENTER> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000"> &hearts;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></CENTER> <TABLE BORDER="0" TABLE WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="center"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="text-align:top"> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <B> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> From:<BR> Love<BR> Peace<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;<BR> <strike>Dope</strike><BR> </FONT> </TD><TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="text-align:top"> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#00AEED"> <B>&nbsp;&nbsp;To:<BR> Love<BR> Peace<BR> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&amp;<BR> Wisdom!<P> </B></FONT> </TD></TABLE><P> <TABLE BORDER="0" TABLE WIDTH="95%" ALIGN="center"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="text-align:justify"> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">WE'VE COME A LONG WAYS BABIES:</FONT><P> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> Today, communal living is not only thriving, but is on a progressive upswing. Innovative communal living-systems now call themselves: &quot;Intentional Communities, Ecovillages. Co-Housing Villages, Co-housing Communities, Co-housing Developments, and even Etheric Cities&quot; &#40;research: quantum physics&#41;.<P> Beyond the communities with labels, there are also more nondescript subtle communities, such as, &quot;Retirement Homes&#47;Villages&#47;Apartments, Care Homes, moving back in with the folks and even the folks moving in with the kids&quot;. Whatever we choose to call them, &quot;Unity&quot; is what we're creating. And when we consider that &quot;Unity&#47;Harmony&quot; is one of the laws of the Universe, unity is not only a viable option to the housing challenges, it is an unstoppable force. &#40;Do you think we're being inspired to get along with each other?&#41;<P> The rapid increase in co-housing developments is verification that co-housing is here to stay. Cohesive, Loving, productive, joyful, non-judgmental, conscientious, more-advanced and evolved living is gaining immense impetus, credence and acceptance by mass consciousness. Co-housing therefore, must be considered, &quot;a respected alternative to old and traditional segregated; keep up with the Jones's, type of society&quot;. &#40;Wasn't it a &quot;Jones's&quot; who did the kool-aid; New Guinea, thing? Is &quot;that&quot; what we want? OR, can we have faith in our own dreams?&#41;.<P> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#00AEED"> <CENTER><I><B>&quot;We are the people our parents warned us about!&quot;</I><BR> [God bless our tenacity!]</B></I></CENTER></FONT><P> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> Be it for Spiritual, ethical, social or economic reasons co-housing is on the move and the hippie generation is back! But, surprise, this time WE ARE the doctors, the lawyers, the artists, the brokers, the movie stars, the senators, the writers, the janitors, the inventors, the visionaries, the gardeners, etc.... AND, truth be known, THIS TIME, we have more friends, more determination, more education, more credentials, more life experiences and much more animation than ever before! We have become Fearless Wonders who have joined with other like hearted, likeminded, co-creators to establish the velocity to make large dreams happen. &quot;A focused force to be not to be reckoned with and definitely not requiring anyone's approval&quot;. We &quot;Old&quot; Hippies, are now creating our world by walking our walk, talking our talk, living our dreams and creating lifestyles that, not only serve the greater good of all, but lifestyles that were always alive in the deepest recesses of all our hearts. This, dear ones, is Animation &#40;Spirit Movement&#41;, it is The L&#64;stResort and it is home.</P> </FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#00AEED"> <CENTER><I><B>&quot;Been there, done that,<BR> bought the T-shirt,&quot; and now,<BR> that T-shirt is my key to paradise&#47;dreamland!</B></I></CENTER></FONT><P> <HR> <P> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">SOME OF THE DETAILS ABOUT ANIMATION:<P></FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> &quot;Animation - The L&#64;st Resort&quot; is one of over two thousand established, or purposed <A HREF="#icorg">&#42;</A>Intentional Communities. The story of how Animation got it's name is very interesting and magical. I will, indeed, tell you <A HREF="#bottom"><B>that story</B></A> it in a moment or two, please bear with me &#40;note the intrigue&#41;.<P> Prior to addressing the magic in the name &quot;Animation&quot; I'd like to peak your &#40;healthy&#41; curiosity about communial living by sharing a list of light-hearted, yet poignant, potential &#40;community&#41; business names. These business names were created to re-stimulate societies sense of humor, joy and creativity. Some names also carry, in their core, important messages. All names are, and will continue to be, free for use by the citizenry of Animation. Names are offered on a competency&#47;first come first serve basis.<P> </FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> A PARTIAL LIST OF BUSINESS NAMES:<BR></FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> &#40;but, remember there's always &quot;more&quot;!&#41;<BR> </FONT> <OL> </TD></TABLE> <!--LIST BUSINESS NAMES> <TABLE BORDER="0" TABLE WIDTH="75%" ALIGN="center"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="text-align:left"> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <OL> <LI>The Restaurant:</LI> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Home for the Holidays<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Gym:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Ms. Fit<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Community Hall and<BR> joint Spiritual Hall:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Mission I'Mpossible<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" FONT COLOR="#008080">&#40;that's &quot;joint&quot; as in &quot;combined&quot;&#41;</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The beauty&#47;barber shop:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Curl-up and Dye Clip-joint<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Hotel:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Inn-formation<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Hostel:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Friendly Hostel<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The The Art Gallery:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Heart to Art<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Tavern:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Bar None or Bar Nun<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The art and craft play-shed:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp; Animation Re-creation Station<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Beverage&#47; Snack Shop:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp; Pause for Peace <img src="images/paw.gif"alt="PAUSE FOR PEACE" border="0" width=15 height=14> &#40;dog friendly&#41;<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Pet Store:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Paws for Peace <img src="images/paw.gif"alt="PAWS FOR PEACE" border="0" width=15 height=14> &#40;people friendly&#41;<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Book Store:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Star Books &#40;w&#47;Starbucks approval&#41;</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Music Shopp&#233;:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Sky's in Love with You<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Gift Shopp&#233;:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Joy of Giving<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Well-Being Center:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Heart-Nose-Everything Center<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The Farm and Garden center:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000"> Kinder-Garden<BR></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080"> <LI>The combined Hall of Science,<BR> Hall of Living Arts, Inventors<BR> Center, Observatory; Library:</LI></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&nbsp; Wise-Dom Hall<P></FONT><FONT SIZE="2" FONT COLOR="#FF0000">&#40;Afterall something should be named after Domenica, don't you think? Or is that an ego thing??&#41;<BR> <P> </OL></FONT> </TD></TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" TABLE WIDTH="95%" ALIGN="center"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="text-align:justify"> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> The business names above, are not written in stone, we'll wait for Moses to do that... &#60;that was a joke ... I think?&#62;. Anyway, all business&#47;theme names are totally open to newer-brighter ideas, including &quot;Wise-Dom Hall&quot; &#60;pout&#62;. How about &quot;Free-Dom Hall&quot;?? &quot;King-Dom Come Hall&quot;??? ...oh well.<P> PS. Just because we're joking here, please don't think we have a lack of sincerity about community, we merely choose to, especially, attract people of a light-hearted-creative nature and&#47;or those who wish to lighten-up and let themselves play for a change.</center><P> </FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">TODAY'S COMMUNIAL PLAYERS and THEIR STACKED-HAND:</FONT><P> <!--LIST OF SKILLS> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555">The following items are being brought to the playing<BR> table by today's co-house driven power players:</FONT><P> </TD></TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" TABLE WIDTH="75%" ALIGN="center"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="text-align:justify"> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"><OL> <LI>The life experiences and street smarts that make communal living a viable option.</LI> <LI> The fortitude to see a project through completion.</LI> <LI> The compassion and wisdom to unite people. This is especially easy when people already have common goals and dreams.</LI> <LI>The consciousness and heart to love and treat others with fairness, compassion, respect and appreciation.</LI> <LI>The faith, abundance and knowingness to manifest all intentions. <LI>The focus and intention of serving the greater good of all.</LI> </FONT></OL> </TD></TABLE> <TABLE BORDER="0" TABLE WIDTH="95%" ALIGN="center"> <TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="text-align:justify"> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">INTENTIONS &#40;open to additions and reVISIONS&#41;:</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"><P> The intention of Animation - The L&#64;st Resort, is to create, as best as humanly possible, a Utopian style community of spiritually-evolved &#40;or evolving&#41;, &#40;rich or poor, black, white, grey, gay, straight, tall, short, genius, not so genius, etc...&#41;, joyful, creative, responsible, Loving, fair-minded, attentive citizenry. If anyone reading this feels that these intentions cannot be done, now is probably the right time to stop reading and go. But please, while your going, do try and be quiet so as not to disrupt those who are doing it. You see, Animation is &quot;a given&quot;, not a place of old limitations nor stuffy precepts.</FONT><P> <CENTER><I><B><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#00AEED"> &quot;God has ordained that imagination be <BR>stronger than reason in the soul of the artist,<BR> which makes the artist build bridges between the <BR> possible and the <B>SEEMINGLY</B> impossible&quot; - Alex Grey</I></B></CENTER><BR> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4"> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">ECONOMIC BASE:</FONT><P> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> Those of you, who are still reading, have likely evolved well beyond &#39;any old fear factors&#39;; it is also likely that you can easily envision the possibilities that a well guided &#178;self-sustaining eco-community can produce.<P> Animation's product line will be inventions, AUTHENTIC healings, healing products and healing devices; various arts, conservation products, animal care products, paws for peace products and most any other product that helps to create a more loving, sharing, honest, sustainable&#47;unified&#47;cohesive world.<P> As far as selling surplus food or clothing products, this will be done in moderation, as food, clothing and shelter are &quot;birthrights&quot; not &quot;barter&quot;.<P> IN-vision, if you will, a community where Inventors, Artists, Musicians, Dogooders, Agriculturists, Environmentalists, Teachers, etc... As well as those who may have some mental, physical, emotional, financial or Spiritual &quot;challenges&quot;, can live, encourage each other and begin to PLAY. The reason I emphasize, &quot;play&quot; is because I believe that when one is passionately being what they choose to be, work becomes play. Therefore what will be created and inevitably marketed or bartered at Animation, will have financial and ethos success. Are you ready for this?! When you know for sure &#40;beyond any reasonable shadow of doubt&#41; let's <A HREF="contact.html#address">talk</A>.<P> <CENTER><I><B></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#00BFFF"> &quot;Animation&quot;, is not soliciting wannabe guru's<BR> nor those who want to sit around all day saying:<BR> &quot;OM&quot;<BR> they'll be plenty of us to OM and AHHHH<BR> and do what needs to be done at the same time.</B></I></CENTER><P> </FONT> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">SPIRITUALITY:</FONT><P> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> Animation will demonstrate itself as a successful prototype community in an uplifting environment. Its' citizenry will know that principled thoughts, actions, and deeds, show others 'potential ways of living', that are inspirational. Our enthusiasm will create a domino &#40;there's that word again!&#41; effect creating a vast upward mobility, the impetus of which will help free many people from their conceived restricted circumstances. <P> <CENTER><I></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#9400D3"> <B>&quot;Thy Kingdom&quot; has come &#133; and we're it!<BR> Remember &quot;Animation&quot; literally means:<BR>SPIRIT-MOVEMENT!</B></I></CENTER><P> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4"> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">SCREENING PROCESS:</FONT><P> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> If you've noticed, there's been a sort of natural self-screening process within this missive.&#133; People tend to choose that which resonates in their hearts. Therefore if Animation doesn't sound like your fort&#233; you sure have plenty of other choices. You could start your own community or stay where you are, or go live on a mountaintop or whatever else you choose. There are no &quot;wrong&quot; choices. But, there are &quot;choices by default&quot; ... a suggestion, &quot;let your heart be your guide&quot; &#40;now wasn't that original? sheeeesh!&#41;.<P> By the way, in reference to screening, I didn't say who was screening who &#40;or is that &quot;whom&quot;?&#41;.<P> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">THE FUTURE:</FONT><P> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> I predict that in the VERY NEAR future we will be seeing the realization of more and more self-sufficient&#47;off-the-grid communities. Even if the only motivation for their creation is the current economic situation &#40;eg. the outsourcing of jobs, the depletion of fossil fuels, the gap between the rich and the poor etc&#133;&#41;. These happenings are blessings in disguise and the impetus to motivate people to create what they really want &#40;choose&#41;. Even if it's just the kids moving back home to a core family, that movement creates community, creates unity and offsets old humbug economic conditions.<P> We do have a choice when it comes to creating affordable cluster housing; extended families; a more personalized work&#47;PLAY force and more freedom to pursue one's passions. We may even have a choice when it comes to creating a coffee pot with a decent pour spout. What's with those coffee pots anyway? &#40;Stop whining Domenica, if you don't like'em make one you do like! Or drink juice, for God's sake!&#41;<P> Other reasons for our migration toward a more socialized &#40;please don't let that word scare you&#41; housing schema, is the fact that we are finally rediscovering our natural desire for creativity and our natural instinct to create our own &quot;better&quot; world. A world with a much clearer sense of Oneness; a world where we can overcome loneliness and a world where we can relearn the meaning of words like, &quot;trust, Love, joy, gaiety, etc...&quot;.<P> <CENTER></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#00A8EC"><B> Fear can wield the impedance toward a better future.<I><P> When  the have-nots of this world are put in contact with  the haves <BR> &quot;both&quot; are given the opportunity to learn more about Love and sharing.</B><P></I></CENTER> </FONT> <a name="bottom"> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">HOW THE NAME <B>&quot;ANIMATION - THE L&#64;ST RESORT&quot;</B> CAME TO BE:<BR> By Domenica</FONT><P> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> Community and seeking a more advanced, Loving and compelling way of Life, with a loving family, have always been part of my journey&#47;destiny. When I first came to an awareness of &quot;the convergence of people&quot; I was a child living in Anaheim California. In Anaheim I grew up hanging-out at Knott's Berry Farm and Disneyland. To me, Knott's Berry Farm and Disneyland represented home more than my place of residence and all the friends I converged with there, were my family.<P> When I had my first visions of actually creating a community I passively called the community &quot;Margueritaville&quot; &#40;because my birth name was Marguerite&#41;, then it became &quot;Margieville&quot; &#40;as ego was still pretty involved&#41;, next, when I was given my Spiritual name, &quot;Domenica&quot;, the community became &quot;St. Domisle&quot; &#40;as in domicile or Dom's Isle, ya think there's still a tad of ego there? Ah yes, BUT there is some creativity and humor too!&#41;. Then, FINALLY one day, the big miracle happened, I shut up and listened to what Source&#47;God, had to say. That's when I received the name &quot;Animation&quot;. My first response was, &quot;Oh great, we'll get a lot of respect by naming a community after a cartoon&quot;. Ahhhhh but then, when I sought &quot;Animation's&quot; meaning in the dictionary, I found it defined as &quot;Spirit Movement&quot;. Wow.<P> That was just the beginning....<P> About a month or so later, I was instructed to add the logos&#47;motto &quot;The L&#64;st Resort&quot;. Cool. So I added it. And then, believe it or not, I was then told to use the word animation forward and backward. Right away I grabbed a piece of paper to write animation out backwards n-o-i-t-a-m-i-n-a, which I read as &quot;know it amina&quot;. Alright I know what &quot;know it&quot; means, but what the heck is &quot;amina&quot;?<P> I looked for the meaning on-line, and read something about &quot;atoms&quot;, I didn't think that could be right, so I did more on-line research and found and author in India named Amina. When I e-mailed the man and asked him to tell me the meaning of his name. He responded with, &quot;Amina&quot; was the mother of Mohammed and it's meaning was, &quot;Truthful and Honest&quot;.<P> Now I'm a fairly smart person, but I'd have to work PRETTY DARN HARD to be that creative!<P> It wasn't hard to perceive that the &#64; in L&#64;st created two words, &quot;Last&quot; and &quot;Lost&quot;, but I didn't know until I was told, about six months later, that &#64; was the sign for the Alpha and Omega &#40;and here I thought it was just a sign for e-mail&#41;. Very recently, I was directed to know that &quot;resort&quot;, besides the obvious, means, &quot;to go in great numbers&quot; as in a merged rapture.</FONT> <P> <a name="icorg"> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">RECOMMENDED READINGS:<P></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> Creating a Life Together - Practical Tool to Grow Ecovillages and Intentional Communities.<BR> By: Diana Leafe Cristian<P> Water Storage - Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers and Ponds<BR> By:Art Ludwig<P> <P> </FONT> </FONT> <P> <a name="icorg"> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">RECOMMENDED WEBSITE:<P></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"> <A HREF="http://WWW.ic.org"> IC.org</A> &#40;Intentional Communities Organization&#41;<P> <P> </FONT> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#008080">ENOUGH:</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#555555"><P> This is &quot;enough&quot; for now, &quot;enough&quot; to chew on and &quot;enough&quot; for most to digest.<P> Peace, Love and Joy,<BR> Domenica <P> <HR> &#42;footnote See <A HREF="http://WWW.ic.org"> IC.org</A> for more information on Intentional Communities<BR> &#42;footnote See <A HREF="http://directory.ic.org/records/?action=view&page=view&record_id=20828">IC.org&#47;Animation</A> for more information on Animation - The L&#64;st Resort.<BR> &#178; Self-sustaining: getting off the grid and going forth to become conscientious consumers, caretakers, rejuvenators, RENEWERS, etc....<P> </FONT></TD> </TABLE> <P> <HR> <P> <TABLE ALIGN="center"> <TD> <LINK="#FF00FF" VLINK="purple" ALINK="red"> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#GREEN"> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<B>INDEX FOR ALLEGORICAL ART</B><P> <LI><A HREF="index.html">Main Page Index</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="artwork.html">Amore' Art - images </A></LI> <LI><A HREF="artdefined.html">What is allegorical art?</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="artconsciousness.html">How can this art help me?</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="bio.html">Autobiography:</A> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#800080"> <A HREF="bio.html#dombio">Domenica</A> and <A HREF="bio.html#Jackbio">Jack</A></LI> </FONT><FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#GREEN"> <LI><A HREF="contact.html">Communication Page </A></LI><BR><BR> <FONT SIZE="4" FONT COLOR="#GREEN"><B> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;INDEX FOR OTHER INFORMATION</B><BR><BR> <LI><A HREF="contact.html#book">Finding Your Life's Purpose</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="#top">Animation - The L@st Resort</A> &larr; you are on this page &hearts;</LI> <LI><A HREF="poetry.html"> Amore' Poetry</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="consultant.html">Spiritual Guidance</A></LI> <LI><A HREF="links.html">Exciting Links</A></LI> </TD> </TABLE></FONT></CENTER> <P><HR><P> <FONT SIZE="3" FONT COLOR="#FF0000"> <B><A HREF="#top">&#64;</A> Animation - The L&#64st Resort</B> </BODY> </HTML>