Change Your Thinking

After being recommended the course by a lovely friend of mine, Mum and I started (and finished last night) a 10 week course in changing your thinking. It was surprisingly good - it exposed me to the whole 'rational-irrational' thought process which, though very obvious and logical, is amazingly applicable to handling your everyday life and emotions.
At the end of our last class we listed a few goals for the next five years. Mine included "to live in the moment more" and "to appreciate what I have and not take anything I love or anything I have for granted." After listening to someone else I added one of their goals, to "surround myself with positive people." I like this because it's similar to one of B's and my favourite ideas, to "work with people better than you".

Felting Feels Fine

Through happy coincidences I am led to book a friend and myself in for a felting class. The obviously talented Pauline Franklin happens to be married to like-wise talented graphic design/painter Paul Dennis - whose work I have admired since the Bethany packaging. Paul and I also work together for our industry association, AGDA. My friend Aud is from Norway where felting is quite popular. These little babushka dolls are so sweet, maybe we can do that class a bit further down the line...

Hello stop!

How cool is this? I'm definitely sending one the next chance I get!

Sweet Photographer

Happended across the work of 16 year old, Australian photographer, Nirrimi via Lost in E Minor. Wonderful eye and great composition. Check it out...

Rainbow Road

B and I drove back from Kalbarri yesterday - spotted a double rainbow on the way. Times like this when I wish I had a proper camera!

Swing it baby!

Third class in our intro to swing dancing course last night, last class next Monday. Hmmm! What fun... but between B and I we have no 'natural talent', so everything we're doing is quite measured. We take a while for things to click but we're determined to persevere! Shane and Ruth are entertaining instructors, making the whole effort worthwhile, as do the lollies, free badge pins and lovely fellow learners.

12 films in 12 weeks...

Thanks to RB on Twitter for link to this nifty project. US based collaborative project between 4 core guys who act/direct/produce/everything else along with a collection of other talented... talent.

From the website comes their goals:
• to promote creativity and adaptability by imposing a strict once-a-week deadline
• to explore the short-film format from a variety of angles – thematic, stylistic, and logistical
• to meet and collaborate with a large number of actors, artists, and technicians
• to create quality work that represents our interests and abilities, as individuals and as a group
• to work our butts off
• to have barrels of fun

Very inspiring! First movie looks great (although quite sad).