Open Question: Are We All Connected?

A view of all the connections made via Facebook marking out the earth.

Are we all connected? Like, on a level above the ordinary we’re connected through social media, physical contact, letters sent too and from lovers?

There’s the age old idea that you’ll be thinking of someone and then they’ll call. Do you believe this is mere coincidence or something working on a separate level, a strange force that we can’t see or feel connecting everyone together? And would it be everyone, or just people you have a special bond with? Continue reading

Music That Inspires Me: Crystallize by Lindsey Stirling

I’m going to be doing something a bit different with these now, to help myself get writing and to help all of you get creative I am going to link songs, describe why I have linked them, and then I will follow up with a mini-story aka flash fiction. The story can be based on either the music or the video (maybe even both). The idea of this prompt and write set up is taken from Picture It & Write which is ran by the people of Ermilia’s blog. I hope this catches on and people like it. I will also publish this to my other blog Fresh Ink. The story and reason for choosing this song is after the jump.

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Picture It & Write

Again the people over at Ermilia’s blog have posted another Picture It & Write article. For those who don’t know what this is, they post a picture and then write a brief story about the image. They then ask for you to join in, your can either carry on their story or write your own. You can also do poetry and even something in another language (providing there is a translation posted along with it). I encourage everyone to give it a go because it helps get the “creative juices” flowing. My entry is below the image. This one is a short one, I struggled thinking for this. Maybe it is because I’ve not written anything for a while aha?

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