In Others' Words: Imagination

"Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere."  ~Albert Einstein, physicist

A few months back, I was trying desperately to come up with a new story idea.

As the saying goes, I had nothing.

I played the writer's "what if?" mind game while I drove around town. While I moved laundry from the washer to the dryer to the laundry basket. While I grocery shopped. While I loaded the dishwasher. While I exercised. While I showered. (Sorry, TMI.)

You get the idea.

Every idea seemed like a same-old-same-old idea.

And then I found a picture that my son, Josh, designed in high school. (See photo.) It's 20 different interpretations of a key.

Twenty.

Talk about imagination!

Looking at my son's creativity motivated me to not give up. If Josh could come up with 20 different perspectives of a common household object, surely I could think (and pray) my way to a new story idea.

And yes, yes I did.

My son's artwork now hangs in my office to remind me that imagination is an amazing thing … and that I can be more creative than I ever realized.

 

In Your Words: If you had to choose, would you choose logic or imagination? And just for fun: What gets your creativity, your imagination, flowing?