Imagination

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” Albert Einstein

Imagination needs its own form of courage, "we suffer more in imagination than in reality" as put by Lucius Seneca.

Imagination does have limits, and yet, it is infinitely flexible. Whatever is conceived and believed can be achieved, as conceiving requires the use of imagination to create the vision of life you want to hold for yourself going forward.

It is important that we remember the law of consciousness rules, "what gets your attention gets you, and that all things created move from the inner to the outer."

It's been said, "Imagination is the scissors of the mind" a powerful tool we've been given. It is a super power we all possess. When you involve your imagination, you create from the invisible ethers. You look past conditions that stop others. Rather than generate something similar to what already exists, you make something of your own. Creativity is the expression of a new, original thought.

If you're imaginative, you conjure something from nothing. Imagination is actually fantasy. It’s more conceptual than creative, as creativity is the manifestation of what exists only in your mind.

Bear in mind that, our imagination is currently limited to our experience, as we can only imagine something that we have observed through our senses. We often use these observations as reference and augment them in our minds. The building blocks of imagination are experience, so if you haven't experienced something, you can't use that as the basis of imagination.

In other words our imagination is constrained by our experience, so the more you know the more limited imagination may become.

“Everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso

This is no time to think small or in limitation. Everything can have a creative element, from math to cooking to sports, so, encourage kids to exercise their imagination in different domains, for seeing possibilities is imagination.

Creativity involves using imagination to solve problems, it’s as important as literacy.

Ever notice how kids often have more fun playing with an empty box than with what was inside of it? That’s their imagination at work, and as parents, or teachers, we should not underestimate how vital it is to nurture this creative spirit…

Food for thought!