1) The disappearance of our family dog “Doggy” and my father’s link to it.
2) The story of Belmonte and its people— a small town in the middle of Lazio in a cul de sac with 1000 inhabitants where my grandmother was born (like Winesburg, Ohio).
3) The relationship I have with my crazy family and the love I feel for them.
4) The life of my favorite uncle who was put in jail for cocaine trafficking.
5) Falling in love with a married man.
6) The feeling I get when I am on a Greek island and watch the sun disappear in the horizon over the sea.
7) Desiring a child.
8) A screenplay based on the Marketing department in a big global Multinational.
9) The reality of love after the initial couple of years.
10) A Novel about growing up.
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Elisabetta:
Your list is fascinating – so hard to pick the top three. But here goes:
Significant Moments #3 is ripe for sociological/cultural commentary. Do fairy tales and other similar ‘stories’ we fill the youth of today with lead to unrealistic expectations of what life will be like? Maybe that’s not what you were thinking of, but that’s the first thing that popped into my mind when I read it.
Topics to Write About #2 – go for it! What a great way to honor people! My guess is there’s a rich history in this small town. I remember standing on a street in Gaeta outside the house my father was born in and marveling at his life.
Topics to Write About #9 - but it has to be uplifting. Yeah, the routine of life erodes the expectations of ‘initial love,’ but true love can and should mature beyond the early rapture days and survive.
Frank
Elisabetta - you made the choices difficult with so many options, here are my thoughts:
Feeling lost after college and talking to my dad who told me that he didn’t leave his house for a year in his 20’s because life was daunting. I love it – what a great way to show your Dad’s vulnerability and that of other 20 something’s. Would he have shared that knowledge had you not confided that you felt lost? What did his parents say to him? Did it relieve you or make feel more lost?
Losing a little of my innocence each year watching people do anything for a little power. I find this compelling that you combined the two ideas together. Losing a little of your innocence is how I describe that my life moves into more and more shades of gray as I get older. At 18 everything was black and white – now there are many, many shades of gray. Do you notice that people do anything for a little power because you are older, because you are less innocent, or because people desire power more and more? Did this quest for power and sacrifice of all happen when you were younger, but you didn’t notice? Are there some that look for power and others that don’t? Have you ever done anything that you regret for a little power?
Eating bucatini alla matriciana in Rome seated outside in a Piazza warmed by the sun and listening to Italian chatter. I feel at home. I’m choosing this food option, because I can smell Rome in your statement, but I am most curious about why you don’t like to cook when you have so much food in some of the things you love? That is interesting to me. Also, why you cook when you are depressed, but love to eat other people’s cooking? I too, don’t get joy from cooking, where so many others do. What makes this particular meal at a Piazza make you feel at home? Have you done it often or is it just a feeling?
Again, any of these are terrific.
I'd love to hear about your town and your family more.
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