Can you imagine...?

     Hey guys! Okay, so my stupid blogger keeps deleting this draft so i'm typing it AGAIN. So just a warning it will be shorter than the FIRST one I typed. So from the title you are probably thinking "Imagine what?!". Well, can you imagine your imagination? Does that make sense...? No, well you can deal. (; So let's get started!

   
The definition of Imagination is- The process of thinking up ideas or images. Did you know that the word imagination comes from the Latin word for mental image? Or that imagination is basically the opposite of perception? Well you do now. If you don't know what perception is, it's when your brain takes input from your five senses to form a picture of the world around you. So perception is pretty much how you understand reality. So you have an orange in your hand, your brain is perceiving the way it looks, feels, smells, and the way it tastes.

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     So now you're laying in bed and you remember how the orange felt or even tasted even though it happened long ago. This is a memory, and your memories are a form of passive imagination, they're made up of events and sensations that you have experienced in the past. Let's say that you didn't think of an orange. You thought of a fruit that you made up and you have never seen, touched or tasted. That would be called active imagination. You most likely use you active imagination when you daydream.

     Imagination is actually a vital part of the "artistic process". You know, painters use their imaginations to transfer what they see in real life to what they want their canvas to look like. You may look at a painting and think how did they transform that from reality to art? Well it may not look realistic but they got their inspiration from real things, like a tree, or an orange.

     Not only painters use their imaginations though. People use their imaginations to think of a new way to style their hair or a new way to cook a meal. It all begins in your imagination & if you think about it right now your brain is learning about itself.... Weird right? Haha, moving on.
                                              
     There are lots of theories to why we have an imagination & many philosophers/ psychologists believe it helps people experience empathy for one another. Empathy is when you put yourself in someone else's place and imagine what they could be thinking or feeling. Imagination also helps us with problem solving since we can picture reality in our minds.
                                                 
     Well that's all for my blog! I hope you guys enjoyed it! Sorry it was short.... STUPID BLOGGER.... TTYL (:


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