Putting My Imagination to Work

In one of my posts back in 2009 I made a comment about imagination… “Imagination is a fascinating phenomenon. With it the writer’s mind creates people who don’t exist, places that have never been, events that didn’t happen, and somehow combines them to create a world that readers accept as real.” Such imagination can be

Limitless Imagination

Focused on homework, my visiting granddaughter was unaware that her imaginative head gear was beguiling. The oversized maple leaf was one of her ‘finds’ during an earlier walk with her sister and Grampa. She brought home other leaves, wrapped around the stems of wildflowers to create formal little nosegays, but this one she plunked on her head and wore

Imagination at Work II

. I’ve chosen a post to share from my 2009 archives today. I hope you aren’t minding all the “replays”.  ~ “The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.” [Jean-Jacques Rousseau] Imagination is a fascinating phenomenon. With it the writer’s mind creates people who don’t exist, places that have never

Curiosity and Creativity

. Curiosity has both a positive and negative connotation.  Seen as inquisitiveness it is interest, a desire to know something, to gain knowledge – admirable qualities. Taken more as snooping, however, it’s showing nosiness and a tendency to pry – an intrusiveness most of us don’t welcome. Our visitors last night displayed a little of

Imagination at Work

“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.” [Jean-Jacques Rousseau] Imagination is a fascinating phenomenon. With it the writer’s mind creates people who don’t exist, places that have never been, events that didn’t happen, and somehow combines them to create a world that readers accept as real.   Indulging in