This evening I was asked something I don't think I've ever been asked before. What was my take on imagination...
Here was my response

Imagination is creation
Its the ability to see the world in three dimensions
and a fourth
And a fifth
And the Nth
It's the ability to turn a coin over and over until you see its third side smiling and winking at you.
It's hearing the crow and realizing it's not cawing
Its singing and talking to its mate
It's waking up and knowing the colour of the sky will be different every day
It's being able to see outside the four walls, yes, but also being able to manipulate those four walls into whatever you wish.
It's being able to look at something, someone, and see a myriad representations of who they are at once...Being able to stare at a pillar and seeing it turn into a roman column or deteriorated into a slab.
It's being able to live and see and picture a world that is both a dream and reality.
It's walking both at once. Being in the worlds but not part of either.
Imagination is life.
It's the key to growth
It's the cornerstone to inventions
It's the dark matter of the universe that binds and holds those willing to seize it and ride the ride. Mold the world to their visions and risk being outcast and alone but never lonely because there are other dreamers. Others who choose life and imagination over the dull, tedious doldrums.
It doesn't just pertain to writing,music,or art.
It goes into our daily lives.
How we dress. How we prepare food. How we view ourselves. Everything.
Imagination isn't just the thing of dreams. It's the very fabric of life that keeps the human race from delving into suicidal boredom.
Imagination is life.
To imagine the impossible is the first step in living.
Without imagination, without dreams there is no life. No growth. Nothing but the caustic void of cynicism and vapid half truths.
Without imagination we stagnate and wilt. Blow away in the dust and ether forever to disappear.