THE IMAGE
TO IMAGINE
THE IMAGINATION
IMAGINARY
IMAGINATIVE
IMMAGINIFICO
i·mag·i·na·tion :
1.
a. The formation of a mental image of something that is neither perceived as real nor present to the senses.
b. The mental image so formed.
c. The ability or tendency to form such images.
2. The ability to confront and deal with reality by using the creative power of the mind
3. A traditional or widely held belief or opinion.
4. Archaic
a. An unrealistic idea or notion; a fancy.
b. A plan or scheme.
We live in this "imaginific" society. Such a word exist just in italian. Immaginifico: that makes use of images (also understood as a metaphor), redundant images.
The image,the image of yourself, your image, your body, your clothes, your style, your way of projecting your image into this society, into the social network, your pictures, your music, your thoughts, your image, the image.
To imagine your image, to create an image of yourself, to try to fit in it, to try to overlap yourself with the image that you imagined. The imaginary you, for yourself and what the people imagine about you, perceiving your image and, somehow, also the way in which you imagined/created your image, filtering that image with their imagination, imagining, maybe secretly, something about you.
You can deal with that, or not, you can accept this, or not, you can play with this or just let yourself being fascinated, captured, guided by such a thing.
You can be imaginative, trying to understand the great creative power of imagination and to use it, to feel better, to let the people feel better, to create your life, to give hope to yourself and to the others.
And in such a society this can be dangerous.
And this is where my problems begin.