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Writing Prompt No.7

November 17, 2016July 4, 2022 Kristina Smeriglio No Comments

This morning, my lesson in A Course in Miracles was about exactly that: miracles. It highlighted the importance of both the miracles we offer as well as the ones we receive. So I thought, why not make that today’s theme? The daily exchange of miracles is, after all, what makes the world go ’round. They take place between people, between animals, between all things in existence. These exchanges are what make us who we are and guide how we live our lives. Thus, it is my belief that if we take the time to focus on the miracles that take place everyday, our minds will, in turn, create even more….

Writing Prompt No.6

October 13, 2016July 4, 2022 Kristina Smeriglio No Comments

With everything happening in the world today, it quickly becomes a question what our future, and the world’s future, will look like. But believe it or not, we have a say as to how we’d like it to be. The future is, essentially, a projection and evolution of the now. So the things we do in the present will have an effect on our future, that includes our actions as well as our thoughts and the things we put our minds to. Thus, if there is something specific we’d like for our future, the first step is to visualize it. I present to…

Anaïs Nin On The Future Of The Novel

September 15, 2016July 28, 2019 Kristina Smeriglio No Comments

The following is a quote from Anaïs Nin on the future of the novel, as featured on the Brain Pickings article “Anaïs Nin on Writing, the Future of the Novel, and How Keeping a Diary Enhances Creativity: Wisdom from a Rare 1947 Chapbook.” Anaïs Nin was an essayist and memoirist born to Cuban parents who gave birth to and raised her in France. She wrote journals, essays, novels, short stories, and erotica. Some of her works include Waste of Timelessness, House of Incest, Under A Glass Bell, Little Birds, and, my personal favorite, Delta of Venus (if you’ve never read it, go get yourself a…

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It’s #TranslationTuesday, I’m Sorry.

September 13, 2016September 14, 2016 Kristina Smeriglio No Comments

Sometimes in life, we make mistakes. And oftentimes, these mistakes hurt someone else. Sometimes, it’s our own selves we hurt. There then comes a point where one realizes that nothing can be done to change what happened, the past is past. But, one can apologize. A statement as simple as “I’m sorry” or “forgive me” may not seem like much, but uttered with pure intent has the great power to mend a broken heart or relationship and allow it to move forward. The truth is, an apology has the potential to neither be received well nor accepted. And that’s okay. But the fact that one looks deep within and is able to utter those words with…

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A Fistful of Faust

September 5, 2016February 15, 2022 Kristina Smeriglio No Comments

Hi, everyone! Happy Labor Day! For this week’s #MetaphorMonday, I wanted to feature one of my absolute favorite metaphors that has inspired my work and my life. The metaphor I speak of can be found within the powerful pages of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe’s Faust. Here’s the stanza, as featured in the scene “Before the Gate”: Faust You’re conscious only of a single drive; oh, do not seek to know the other passion! Two souls, alas, dwell in my breast, each seeks to rule without the other. The one with robust love’s desires clings to the world with all its might,…

Our Nation’s Expectations

September 4, 2016August 30, 2021 Kristina Smeriglio No Comments

According to Dictionary.com, satire is “a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.” For my first #SatireSunday, why not begin with something close to home? After all, the best insight comes from within, right? In a profound declaration of what Americans expect from their country, The Onion reports how our “Nation Just Wants To Be Safe, Happy, Rich, Comfortable, Entertained At All Times.” The following is an excerpt of the findings: WASHINGTON—In a new report released Wednesday by the Pew Research center, Americans indicated that when it comes to what they expect from their country, all they really want is to be safe, happy, rich, comfortable, and entertained at absolutely all times….

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“Ye shall know them by their fruits.”

September 3, 2016September 6, 2016 Kristina Smeriglio No Comments

For my first, #SymbolismSaturday, I wanted to feature a symbol that I had a lot of fun playing with while writing my thesis: the fruit. While in my thesis there were a very many fruit, today I wanted to discuss the symbol of the fruit in general terms. While not the only way to use it, one of the most famous uses of the fruit symbol can be seen in the Bible. Stated in the book of Matthew is the famous line, “ye shall know them by their fruits” (Matthew 7:16 KJV). And as discussed in the academic article “Divine Judgement…

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“Loopholes Revealed”

September 2, 2016September 6, 2016 Kristina Smeriglio No Comments

For my first #FlashFictionFriday, I wanted to share a piece from one of my very first story ideas, an idea that was born during my time at Disney: Kristalina. Kristalina is a working shooting star that, when someone makes a wish on her, comes down to Earth and helps make that wish come true. In this scene (that was turned into a flash fiction piece for a creative writing assignment at FIU), we get a glimpse of the moment Kristalina tells her boss, Constell, that she has fallen in love with her wish-maker, Stefano. “Loopholes Revealed” Legend says that if you make a…

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Writing Prompt No.5

September 2, 2016July 4, 2022 Kristina Smeriglio No Comments

For this week’s #ThemeThursday, I wanted to pick a theme that runs through everything I do: connection. I live for the connections I create and maintain with friends and loved ones. Even the creation of “Kristy’s Daily Hashtags” was to encourage deeper bonds and connections with you, and to have a platform for us to share ideas. So what better theme to start with than that? In today’s day and age, connections, both creating new and growing current ones, are a part of our everyday lives be they digital or physical. In fact, one can say that making connections has been…