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Olin Levi Warner, Imagination (1896). Library of Congress Thomas Jefferson Building, Washington, D.C. Imagination is the production of sensations, feelings and thoughts informing oneself. [1] These experiences can be re-creations of past experiences, such as vivid memories with imagined changes, or completely invented and possibly fantastic ...
The English word "creativity" comes from the Latin terms creare (meaning "to create"). Its derivational suffixes also come from Latin. The word "create" appeared in English as early as the 14th century—notably in Chaucer's The Parson's Tale [1] to indicate divine creation. [2]
Caliban has a conversation with his imaginary friends in Folger Theatre's production of Shakespeare's The Tempest.. Imaginary friends (also known as pretend friends, invisible friends or made-up friends) are a psychological and a social phenomenon where a friendship or other interpersonal relationship takes place in the imagination rather than physical reality.
Imagination (Brian Wilson album), 1998; Imagination (Curtis Fuller album), 1959; Imagination (Deni Hines album), 1996; Imagination (Dick Haymes album), 1982; Imagination (Gladys Knight & the Pips album), 1973; Imagination (Helen Reddy album), 1983, or the title song; Imagination, a 1958 album by The King Sisters, also a track on the album
The theosophy of post-Renaissance Europe embraced imaginal cognition. From Jakob Böhme to Swedenborg, active imagination played a large role in theosophical works.In this tradition, the active imagination serves as an "organ of the soul, thanks to which humanity can establish a cognitive and visionary relationship with an intermediate world".
In that sense, the imaginary is not necessarily "real" as it is an imagined concept contingent on the imagination of a particular social subject. Nevertheless, there remains some debate among those who use the term (or its associated terms, such as imaginaire ) as to the ontological status of the imaginary.
Whether we want to admit it or not, most everyone has had at least one sexual fantasy—and contrary to what societal norms say, the imagination game is routine human behavior.
The opposite of a utopia is a dystopia. Utopian and dystopian fiction has become a popular literary category. Despite being common parlance for something imaginary, utopianism inspired and was inspired by some reality-based fields and concepts such as architecture, file sharing, social networks, universal basic income, communes, open borders and even pirate bases.