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Rated: 13+ · Book · Biographical · #1718540

Day to day stuff....a memoir without order.

A special sig made for me by Mystic and gifted to me by Kat.


Imagination is described by Webster as...The act or power of forming a mental image of something not present to the senses in reality. Albert Einstein said "Logic will get you from A to B, but imagination will take you everywhere." *Idea*

I never realized it until I read it somewhere but there are ways to boost one's imagination:

Create a visual journal
Draw whatever you see for 15 minutes a day. You don't need to be an artist.

Think like an artist
Cut out pictures from magazines & piece them together to create an original image.

Listen to Bach
Close your eyes while playing your favorite music. Or listen to the sounds of nature on a CD or in the great outdoors.

Play word games
Try thinking of as many words as you can that begin with MAR...or you pick.

Daydream
Let your mind wander, or focus on a single object & study its characteristics.

*Music2* *Bird* *Leafr* *Idea* *Reading*

Everyone has a story....here's mine.....c

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July 17, 2016 at 7:48am
July 17, 2016 at 7:48am
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I ran across a word this morning that I'd never heard before...autotelic...meaning having an end or purpose in itself.

Use that in a sentence? My writing is autotelic. My art is autotelic. My reading is autotelic. Oh, I love that word! It defines a lack of recognition or acclaim from others, succinctly. Because there's a word for it, it's okay. I can write for myself, paint and draw for myself or whatever I want to try, I can try it for myself. I don't have to make allowances for what someone else may think of it and have that interfere with the process.

until next time...c


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