Creativity, Innovation, Ideas, Invention, and Imagination are familiar words that are inter-connected. When I think of these phrases, the ever famous J.K Rowling’s popular series of Harry Potter comes to mind. Stepping out beyond the usual and the unusual, flying on a broom or being wizardly is all portrayed as a fantasy in these wonderfully expressed books. Now we even have the illustrated versions of these series.
As kids enter the wizarding world through these books, kids somehow got addicted and glued so much so that there was a time where they refused to read any other book, even their favourite ones. Until one day when we mutually agreed to give it a little break and come back again after a while. But that did not stop here. Kids are extremely good at imagining and we have often been a part of shows that they created on their own for us on weekends. Our kids have come up with making a play computer with unimaginable features and buttons. They have made amazing flying pretend objects from my craft cupboard. Their ideas are limitless. They have started creating things already. All they need is positive reinforcement. Besides thinking outside the box, the power of imagination has an immense impact on cognitive development as well. As Albert Einstein quoted “”Imagination is more important than knowledge.”, has come out to be quite true.
It is a very commendable skill of visualizing something through their mental senses and assume it has happened or going to happen. I think, imagination has prevailed since ages but seldom have we understood its ability to influence our thinking and even pursue it as a profession. Just think for a second, how our brain would be if we were to activate it in ways never before? (AI apart.) We have often heard leaders saying that “Start with the end in mind”. Clarity of vision is what leaders have applied. There is something larger than what is expected. Sometimes imagination is considered to be one step down to logic and reasoning. Wouldn’t that smother good ideas? Is it not worth a try?
Understanding and appreciating the power of imagination can do wonders in our life.
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