Word: Imaginative
Definition: new, original and clever
Original Attempt (excerpt):
βBeing able to drift off to a different world, universe or time. Be able to see buildings, nature and the universe itself change inside your mind. To put a charcoal pencil or a brush to a blank canvas and let lines turn into artβ¦β
The Gap: Describes imagination like a list of hobbies. No emotion, no awe, no spark. It reads like a catalogue, not an experience.
Rewrite (embodied): Imagination is the sudden lightning strike behind your eyelids when the ordinary collapses. It is the subway seat turning into a throne, the cracked pavement blooming into galaxies. Imagination is not optional β it is rebellion, oxygen, survival.
Rewrite (visceral): Having mental references from visual focuses you have made over time to spontaneously generate imaginative content effectively.
Expansion:
Question: Can we truly imagine something entirely new, or is it always based on existing experiences?
