Smash365: Imagination

Nov 30, 2011 by

Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. ~Albert Einstein

Think back to younger days when imagination ruled your day. Did you abandon your imagination for more “grown-up” ideas and responsibilities? Grant yourself the space to be imaginative today and write on any of the following topics (or create your own!):

  • While trying on rings at a jewelry store, you slip on an heirloom ring and are immediately transported to another time. Where do you go? Why there?
  • While digging snow tunnels in the backyard, you uncover a secret passage that is not normally there. Where does it lead to?
  • While driving to a relative’s house, you notice that, with each turn, you go back further in time. What period in time is it when you reach your destination? What is the significance of being in this place, at this time?
Dear Reader: Want to share your response to this prompt? Leave a link or comment below, or join the discussion on Twitter and Facebook. Even if you don’t want to share your actual response, we’d love to hear your thoughts about your creative habits.

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Rus VanWestervelt is a writer, photographer, owner of Ravenwater Press, and Teacher-Consultant with the National Writing Project. He is the founder and editor of Maryland Voices, a creative nonfiction journal for high school writers and educators. Rus has published hundreds of articles locally and nationally, and nearly all of them relate to writing and living an inspired life. His latest work of fiction, Cold Rock, will be released December 9, 2011 and can now be preordered at ravenwater.com. For more information about Rus and his work with writers, you can visit his website here.

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  1. rus vanwestervelt
    December 1, 2011

    My response to the third option for this prompt: http://rusvw.net/blog/archives/2032. This gives me some new ideas for a story that I didn’t have 15 minutes ago!

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