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As children, we all live in a world of imagination, of fantasy, and for some of us that world of make- believe continues into adulthood.
from It’s Not Easy Being Green by Jim Henson
Symbolism was largely a reaction against naturalism and realism, anti-idealistic styles which were attempts to represent reality in its gritty particularity, and to elevate the humble and the ordinary over the ideal. Symbolism was a reaction in favour of spirituality,...
How do you balance science with science fiction? They're both the same.
They had to imagine the sun as something that does not move in relation to the earth and the earth even as something moving.
Indeed, imagination, linked to the right brain, is one of the central pillars of the esoteric tradition. As the historian of esotericism Antoine Faivre writes, imagination is “a kind of organ of the soul, thanks to which humanity can establish...
Source: The Secret Teachers of the Western World by Gary Lachman
Did we create a modern myth? Did we imagine half of it?
If you want to view paradise, simply look around and view it - Anything you want to, do it - Want to change the world? There's nothing to it
It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep - Because my dreams are bursting at the seams
Imagine all the people...
These dreams go on when I close my eyes - Every second of the night, I live another life
You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one I hope someday you'll join us - And the world will be as one
Make believe I'm everywhere - Given in the light Written on the pages is the answer to a never ending story
Here and now, under the banner of heaven we dream out loud - Dream out loud
Tell those dreamers, they can dream up all they like in this place
And the eyes in his head see the world spinning round
Reach the stars, fly a fantasy - Dream a dream, and what you see will be
A new world is over me, so I'll reach UP to the sky and pretend that I'm a spaceman
Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination - Take a look and you'll see into your imagination
Slip inside the eye of your mind, don't you know you might find, a better place to play
Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy? Caught in a landslide, no escape from reality
A whole new world A new fantastic point of view
Unleash your imagination - Two stars one constellation - Bright lights just to guide the way - Can you see, what I see in you?
