Imagination is the most creative function of the brain. Many artists, writers, musicians, and other creative people want a good imagination. How to develop your imagination?
Imagination can be called the most creative function of the brain. With the help of imagination, one can not only imagine what was previously seen, but also create new images. In addition, you can resize images, move, rotate, add new elements to them, remove old ones. It is the imagination that people use when they come up with something: inventors invent, directors make films, writers write books, artists create paintings.
Creative imagination is used in many mnemonics. As already mentioned, the image is remembered better than the text, therefore, in order to remember what you read, you need to see it - see it in your imagination.
Creative Imagination Exercise # 1
Sit comfortably, close your eyes, and recollect the environment of a place you visit often. This could be your favorite cafe, study, or concert hall. Remember the layout of the room. What do the walls look like? Floor? Ceiling? How is the furniture arranged? What items are on tables and shelves? Imagine yourself sitting in your usual place. What do you see? Try to see the same environment from a different angle: sit in a different place, stand on a table, or lie on the floor. What do you see now?
Creative Imagination Exercise # 2
Spend half an hour or an hour in your home blindfolded. Walk around the rooms. Try without opening your eyes to wash, get dressed, or even make yourself breakfast. Turn on the music. Sit in your favorite chair. Take a book from the shelf. Rearrange things. Open your eyes and see if you succeeded.
Creative Imagination Exercise # 3
Imagine a whiteboard. The one you saw as a child, at school or at home. Imagine the texture of the board, its color, frame, how it hangs on the wall. Perhaps it is black, matte and rough, on which they write in chalk; maybe white and smooth for a marker. Now imagine how it changes color to brown. Orange. Blue. Feel every color. Make sure the board is exactly the color you want it to be.
When you’re free to change the colors of an imaginary board, write any word on it. Look at it carefully. What handwriting is it written in? What color is the text? What is the texture of the line? Erase the word with an imaginary rag or sponge and write another. Work with an imaginary board and the words on it. Go back to this exercise and gradually increase the volume of the text. Write down short phrases, numbers, lists. Sketch the diagrams. Make it as clear and detailed as possible. This technique can be very useful for a scout. Getting stuck on a problem that cannot be solved here and now, and constantly returning to it in thoughts, as a rule, drains mental and physical strength. To quickly break out of the cycle of unproductive thinking, imagine what worries you on an imaginary board and then erase it. Has the erased reappeared? Erase. Again? Erase! Usually, after two or three unsuccessful attempts to return to unproductive thoughts, the brain moves on to another topic.
