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4: Imagination is Creation

Imagination may be described in two ways: a space not limited by our sense or reason that we can unquestioningly embrace or a capacity for ground-breaking thinking and creative expression.

Children make-believe all the time and imagine all kinds of possibilities. We should reach back to that time of endless possibilities and grab the wishes we passionately longed for and make them happen in our lives. The fun part of imagination is that there are no rules but the ones you create. If you can imagine a green sky with blue trees and red grass, then so be it.

“I paint things as I think them, not as I see them”

Pablo Picasso

I don’t remember ever having an imaginary friend like a six-foot tall, invisible rabbit, in the movie classic “Harvey” starring Jimmy Stewart, but I had an active imagination. My father was in the Air force and at one time did in flight refueling. I imagined what it would be like to be in the air doing his job. Or what it was like to fly the airplane itself. My mother, when I was in elementary school, subscribed to a monthly National Geographic program that sent slides for a manual viewfinder. Every month my sister and I were transported to far away places like Egypt, London, China or Africa. I learned a lot and imagined what adventures I would have in these exotic locales. Later, when I fell in love with comic books, I became Superman or Mr. Fantastic or Daredevil and yes I dreamed I could fly.

“Creativity represents a miraculous coming together of the uninhibited energy of the child with its apparent opposite and enemy the sense of order imposed on the disciplined adult intelligence.”

Norman Podhoretz

Wilbur and Orville Wright of Dayton, Ohio believed in human powered flight – they imagined a man could fly. On Dec. 17, 1903, with Orville at the controls, the Flyer, a flying machine of spruce, ash and muslin, lifted off from Kitty Hawk and flew 120 ft. The seed of that dream has grown into air travel today that more than likely is beyond the Wright brothers’ wildest dreams.

“The man who has no imagination has no wings”.

Muhammad Ali

Can you imagine a box outside of a bank that will give you money? In 1939, Luther George Simjian started patenting an earlier and not-so-successful version of an ATM machine called Bankmatic. Don Wetzel, however was the inventor of the modern automated teller machines. Can you imagine what it would be like today without the convenience of an ATM?

We are all blessed with a spark of creation. We have the ability to imagine our future, create outcomes that we want and imagine some more!!

“Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surplus, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.”

Joseph Addeson

Try this exercise: Imagine something that you passionately desire. Examine that outcome using all your senses.

How do you describe it?

What sensation do you get when you touch it?

How does it sound?

How does it smell or taste?

Is it clear in you mind?

Do you still want it?

If so, then go for it!!

You can use this exercise or make up one on your own. Remember, imagination knows no boundaries.