Albert Einstein said that imagination is the “highest form of research.”
The Australian animal pathologist William Ian Beardmore Beveridge (1908-2006), said that facts and ideas are “dead in themselves. It is the imagination that gives them life.”
We humans are blessed with the ability to imagine a world beyond the ordinary. Let’s make good use of this gift.
Ten years ago I sat in on a drawing class in Oakland. The topic that day happened to be shading–how to draw the play of light and shadow around an image. After the demonstration I thanked the instructor, and was barely out the door before I burst into tears. Apparently, I had never paid much…
When we are most vulnerable, we are most alive, most open to all the dimensions of existence. In our vulnerability, is our power. ~Miriam Greenspan When I began teaching, I met weekly with a very wise mentor. For me, teaching has always been about growing into my deeper, higher Self and uncovering my own gifts….
“Imagination is when you dream and play at the same time.” That’s a statement from a five-year old. Michelle, a kindergarten teacher, posted it on my facebook page. I’m thinking we should carry notepads when we’re with children, so they can teach us how to be human.
We humans are blessed with the ability to imagine a world beyond the ordinary. Let’s make good use of that gift.
“You must not fear, hold back, count or be a miser with your thoughts and feelings…creation comes from an overflow, so you have to learn to intake, to imbibe, to nourish yourself and not be afraid of fullness. The fullness is like a tidal wave which then carries you, sweeps you into experience and into…
In an article in Newsweek “The Creativity Crisis,” Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman describe a study of people who received MacArthur genius awards. In the study, researchers discovered that MacArthur recipients spent time in their childhoods creating “paracosms,” or alternative fantasy worlds. These kids visited their fantasy worlds repeatedly, often creating their own unique languages…