| Symptoms Of A Vivid Imagination (Ruth Marlene Friesen) |  |
Do you:
Read almost everything you get your hands on?
Pause to visualize things because some words, pictures or even scents trigger scenarios in your mind?
Have trouble paying attention in a lecture or sermon when people in front of you distract you?
Study people in a public place and imagine their life stories?
Sometimes spend all your free time for days on a daydream because you can't wait to see what the main characters are going to get into next? (I call that my private, non-electric TV that works in the dark or while I'm driving, etc).
Sometimes plot a whole dynasty for your family? Or a business? Maybe a vacation trip?
Think, "Oh, if only I had a camera to record all this experience or daydream in video and audio!" because you know you couldn't write or draw it all without losing something?
Ever just HAVE to write something out so you can tell what you're thinking?
Think journaling is one of the best discoveries you ever made?
See. You get the idea. If you identify with any or most of the above, you've got a vivid, creative imagination too. You're one of us.
But as I started to say earlier, if we don't get affirmation and a bit of guidance early on, our lives may seem to take detours. Not that those are bad. You'll just have that much more grist to throw in the mill once you do start writing. (Maybe even public speaking, eh?) |