I have been absorbed by Lewis Carroll's mystical creations Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, the latter especially so. Nonsensical fiction just makes so much sense! Carroll weaved his imaginative, absurd stories with sparkling threads of wisdom that bring as much wonder as the characters and events. (So it's not really so nonsensical after all!) This book makes me laugh out loud in the most purely joyous way. At the same time, though, it inspires deep thought. How closely related are imagination and intellectual thought?
One of my new favorite artists, Emil Alzamora, said, "Limitation and potential are as human as the flesh but hardly as tangible." Isn't that great? Something (imagination) can transcend the rigid lines and movements of our bodies. Creativity is necessary for progression, that's easy to understand. What's easy to forget is creativity is just as necessary for surviving here and now. Children invent games and stories to escape dull reality. Artistic outlets such as painting or dancing are used as coping strategies for people suffering from PTSD. Slaves' songs of freedom and rest rang out over cotton plantations. The woman living under twenty-one years of terrifying subordination to her husband created a utopia in her head, the only place where she could hide.
Imagination begets creativity begets adaptability begets survivability. I am always searching for tangible proof of truth (and nothing BUT the truth) and I will still say:
Sometimes your head belongs in a cloud.
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| Afterlife Afterthought by Emil Alzamora |
Currently listening: Nightmares on Wax- Soul Purpose
Currently reading: Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
