[Czymra]

Which brings me to the 2012 Nexus event and Astralwalker. I have done no more than briefly peruse the thread; for whatever reason the subjects discussed did not draw me or interest me at the time. That is not a judgment, as I didn't read much of it and really don't know exactly what the purpose or focus is. If it is in harmony with the statement above, then we are already working together toward the same goal. I see no need for or advantage to joining the two threads/ideas as one at this point. Much better strategically, in my view, to be working toward the same goal from different angles, if such be the case.

Completely agreed.

I would like to repeat the statement I made earlier in the thread about loving one's enemies. There are certain "enemies" that love will bring over to our side, certain small enmities that love will reconcile. That is not the case with the present battle. Do not waste your love on those who work ceaselessly for your destruction and enslavement. And do not hate them either. Give them nothing. Perhaps later will come a time of reconciliation, but that time is not now. Now we need all of our energy focused toward creation. As pointed out in the Onwards thread, the enemy is doing their best to divert our energy away from our own interests and toward the fear and negativity upon which they feed. Quit feeding the bodachs. We have better uses for our energy at present. Uses such as joyful and focused creation of that which we do want.

I find that, as cliché as it might be, that love here doesn't mean to send them energy, but rather to integrate them into one's understanding of the currently present, thus what is necessary to be faced. I particularly am grateful of the vision of Luke Skywalker (laugh if you wish) which has become a spirit of balance and necessity. A fight without hate or love, as you put it, merely with the understanding of the necessary in regard to sustaining and furthering life. In that sense I couldn't agree more, we must be of love, but we must also be clinically efficient about our organism, rescue the cells that are to be rescued, try to save the ones on the brink by which to infiltrate the final ones, the tumor cells and cancer which simply have to be eradicated.
The feat however is to distinguish one from the other so as not to fall back into euthanasia of madness or a cleansing of the wrong type.

What I'm seeing is a scenario where the individual characters at the beginning are experiencing separation and aloneness, hopelessness and alienation. All of them: The mothers from the children, the young from the old, the black from the white, and even those in a peer group from the others of their peers. Yet all still hold a tiny spark of hope, a dream... And in the video, each has this dream awakened separately, still believing that they are the only ones awakening to this new hope, symbolized by the ticket. So it takes great courage and faith for them to decide, hoping against experience, to set out alone to see if there really is a train. And there really is, but perhaps it is only filled with strangers. Or is it?

I can see your vision but I can't see it as animation. I think animation of human characters is a perversion of the true human spirit nowadays that all is computer generated. If we don't get someone to come up with really amazing characters and a way to draw, who is willing to draw every single frame, I doubt that this will ever carry a real soul.
A live action film of course is labour intensive. What needs to be done here is 3 steps:
1. Present an intention for the project (already done but formulate it concise, it needs to be for a film as this is the guiding idea that you need to come back to again and again and measure all things by.)
2. Write a Treatment which sketches out the spirit and the mode of the piece, all that is necessary to convey that message and its feel and possibly look, some of the emotions.
3. Produce a step outline, each basic station of happening needs to be accounted for, however no details whatsoever, no subplots, just what drives the story forward through time.

With this setup you have the three shells of a film that can then amalgamate into a script and a storyboard, whichever you're more comfortable in doing first.
I suggest that we take time and care when developing this, mainly because I know it's hard but also because I myself am working on so much right now, I simply can't take on another full time project, yet I would love to have my part in it. I suggest to simply weigh ideas and produce some examples to discuss.

I do have some musical experience, and over the last ten years while thinking about this project a few tunes and some lyrics have come to me that I think may be useful and fit with the theme. I play some guitar and keyboards, and have them here, but I have no experience with recording. Any help I could get there would be greatly appreciated. I have a computer and a microphone that I think will plug into it. What else do I need, to be able to record some simple tunes and link to them here so others can access them? Help, please?

It's probably best to record straight onto the computer if you have a keyboard. What plugs does it have? Midi or Jack or something?
As for recording with a mic, it really depends on the room you're in and the mic quality. If none of them are any good, it will be a pain to get a good recording of a guitar. What you can do is simply get some simple recording software and experiment with a pair of headphones on. Are you running a Mac or a PC?