I GIVE THANKS FOR IMAGINATION
Imagination- what a spectacular word!! Resonating intrigue
and the embodiment of power- guess that’s the ‘tion,’ completing many a great
word. How in touch are you with your imagination? As small children our
imaginations are quite forceful and central to both learning and life experience.
Children love role play from home corners to fairytales- with superhero suits forever adorning shopping malls.
As we grow, imagination is often shelved in favour of more traditional learning
methods and is not usually actively encouraged. This does not mean imagination
is discouraged; usually it simply suffers from neglect. Sadly the ‘facts of
life’ as we know take priority, but without imagination our world would be
years behind- no wheel, someone thought about transportation and imagined a
better way, no light bulb and so forth.
Imagination is often twinned with creative outlets and
resurrected once children show passion or talent within the arts arena.
Storytelling, dance, drama, painting are the most obvious outlets and widely
acceptable however imagination can be applied to many areas of life. Within the
arts imagination truly flourishes and fulfils many a need. There is great
solace and energy to be sought in music and dance, hidden elements within great
works of art that only the thinking mind will connect with and an escape from
pain or the monotony of life: alternatively all can be used as expressions of
enjoyment and fulfilment.
Stretching the imagination, often used in the same sentence
as ‘the mind boggles,’ tends to refer to unacceptable or extravagant uses of
imagination in relation to deviance from the norm. Wearing imaginative attire often instigates trend setting, especially if done by the celebrity of the moment- otherwise it may be perceived a
total disaster! Even Barbie Dolls have caused some women to literally alter
their appearance and become a life-sized walking, talking Barbie- perish the
thought or should I say, ‘whatever floats your boat?’
Sometimes we use our imaginations quite deliberately to take
us away from unpleasant situations. This is a useful tool provided people remain
in the real world and aren’t under so much stress that they become ill, in
which case their entire perspective of reality can shift sometimes leaving them
to exist on an alternative mental plain. I once met a guy who told me we are
all living in a parallel world and where we were standing was not the reality-
apparently the nurses and consultants did not understand this but I did-?? I
will say, as I am open minded regarding the existence of aliens, alternate
worlds and re-incarnation, that there must be many truths beyond our
imagination that we cannot possibly understand even in these days of
enlightenment.
Understanding how your imagination can serve you will prove
beneficial. Imagination is extremely important if you wish to create a
particular lifestyle. This is something that has been known by the upper
echelons of society for many years and has recently been revealed to us lesser mortals
since ‘The Secret’ came into print- and possibly before that. There are countless resources available that
educate as to how we can tap into our imagination; masses of on-line video’s
are available, books, seminars and more. It amazes me how many times on-line
readings of Angel Cards prove accurate but once again we can use our
imaginations to stretch the facts to fit.
Where does imagination come from? Now that is the million
dollar question and I’ll leave the answer to your imagination! Think I'll share my views in the next blog in this series where I speak about my favourite subject, poetry.
Jaz McKenzie
Professional writer/word
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