n.
1.
a. The formation of a mental image of something that is neither perceived as real nor present to the senses.
b. The mental image so formed.
c. The ability or tendency to form such images.
2. The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind; resourcefulness: handled the problems with great imagination.
3. A traditional or widely held belief or opinion.
4. Archaic
a. An unrealistic idea or notion; a fancy.
b. A plan or scheme.
Definition from The American Heritage Dictionary.
A Google search of "imagination" landed me several Einstein quotes and Brennan's Hierarchy of Imagination:
"Constrained by reality. . ." These days I feel confined to problem solving. On the occaisional good day creativity will come into play a little bit, and I will put together another page in the journal/scrap/picture book my boyfriend and I are making. The majority of my personal journal entries are written for the purpose of figuring myself out: problem solving. Where is the imagination of the novelist? The one who liked to write about dragons and magical books and quests? *queue sad violin music*
I think when I was packing for college a year and a half ago, I shrink wrapped my imagination to preserve it. But it has gone stale from disuse. *full force sad violin music*
So here's to the day, this day, in which I pull my imagination out of the Play Doh canister and squish it up and make it warm again. This is my quest "to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind," to regain the power to mentally form that which is "neither perceived as real nor present to the senses." *epic hero music*
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. ~ Albert Einstein
