He has set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.*
How limited we are in these earthly bodies, with only so much energy, and only so many years. Certainly we are finite beings with boundaries. Yet, in mysterious ways, we are somehow connected to the infinite.
Our brains may be matter, but out minds are more. The gray stuff is sheltered within a shell, the mind however is free to wander. And wander it will, if it wants, like to anywhere in the world and beyond, or through the skies winglessly flying (a personal favorite).
Here are some notes from my sketchbook.
Imagination:
The largest capacity we have.
How tentatively we venture into it . . .
Our fences staked so close to home.
Yet there really is no end
Of where it can go
Or where I can go by it.
At least that’s my thought.
It’s another thing that separates us from the animals.
We can’t do everything. But we can imagine most anything.
It just takes two words to get things started: “What if?”
Einstein famously said, “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” Or was it, “more important than intelligence”? Either way, it all works together. Knowledge is about “what is,” imagination about “what could be.” Together they’re greater than the sum of their parts.
Of all our faculties, imagination is our most expansive.
But for all that, there’s more than we’ll ever fathom. The “eternity in our hearts” is hint that there’s a lot more here than meets the eye, and much more yet to come.
Imagine that.
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*Ecclesiastes 3:11b
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10:31 am
I remember talking a class on modern poets in college. One guy, Wallace Stevens, was captivated (i.e. obsessed) with the transformative power of the imagination. He would take an everyday object eg. a jar, a blue guitar, a fence rail, and just let his mind spin on it. That was his poetry. His reoccuring challenge, however, was to apply some sense of order to the chaotic verse which resulted. Imagine (if I may use the word) a divine, infinite imagination that is mindful of you, and me, and everything about us, all wild and artistic and beautiful… yet with comprehension, goodness, and rhyme to each thought. Could that be the God to whom we belong?
11:02 am
Great article Hyatt on a fascinating and endless subject…thanks to imagination. For there would not exist art without it, nor anything else worth existing for. Well written too. Thanks.
1:06 pm
Flying…just thinking of the word elicits a sense of wonder and sends a surging feeling of freedom and anticipation through my body! I share your thoughts on imagination, Hyatt, and am constantly amazed at our Creator’s imagination that is daily on display for our delight. I mean…just the differences in trees and flowers, let alone animals. And we are one with Christ, so we have that same capacity. Wow!
2:53 pm
Love it…..keep the messages coming Hyatt.
Always a blessing.
3:13 pm
I look so forward to receiving these writings from you, Hyatt, I can’t tell you. They are uplifting (I’m flying) and thought provoking.
How’s the book coming? I want a few copies.
4:18 pm
Imagination – what a wonderful tool to work with! And in heaven, with the Creator, we will be given full rein to use it.
Love to read your various thoughts! Keep up the fun work.
6:35 pm
Great one Hyatt! Imagination! I love the thought of no limits, total freedom of mind and spirit, how God must be because look at the all you talked about regarding the universe!!!! He was using all His imagination to create life, space, the earth, etc!!!! Just as you depicted here! Great! It does make me feel so free, so excited about using my God given imagination again!!!! Thank you! PERFECT!~ Lisa