Tapestry Proposal

Imagination

"I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities."
Dr. Seuss

This quote means imagination is what powers your thoughts, its what gets you thinking about reality.  It is saying that imagination is a very important aspect to your life. It reveals that imagination is good because it powers your brain, it allows you to look at life differently.  The bad side to imagination is that it forces you to think less and let yourself drift. It forces you to think outside the box.  Imagination can be both creativity and knowledge.

The book Oh the thinks you can think by Dr. Seuss is a great example of waking up your brain with imagination.  It is about all the things Dr. Seuss could imagine and more.  This book describes many different unrealistic characters and ideas, and then connects them to reality, making it easy for children to understand.

Walt Disney used his imagination and drawing to create wonderful movies.  He thought outside of the box, relating his fantasies to reality and using them to create stories.  Walt Disney creatively used old folk tales and added his own twists.

Another connection to this quote would be the movie Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium.  In this movie Mr. Magorium owns a magical toy store.  A man comes in and does not believe in the store. Eventually the store begins to die because the man does not believe and he is beginning to rub off on other people.  If he had just imagined the store being magical it would have helped from the start.

"Live out of your imagination, not your history."
Stephen Covey

This quote is telling people to look ahead, don't worry about past mistakes and problems, instead think for yourself. Be your own person and be creative with it.  It reveals that you must use your creativity and knowledge to live your life.  It allows is telling you to live as if you were born today. Living without your past can be bad, as we learn from our past mistakes (without that we wouldn't be where we are), but can also be good. Living without our mistakes can be encouraging, can allow us to move on. 

Imagine there's no heaven

It's easy if you try

No hell below us

Above us only sky

Imagine all the people living for today

Imagine there's no countries

It isn't hard to do

Nothing to kill or die for

And no religion too

Imagine all the people living life in peace

You, you may say 

I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one

I hope some day you'll join us

And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions

I wonder if you can

No need for greed or hunger

A brotherhood of man

Imagine all the people sharing all the world

You, you may say 

I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one

I hope some day you'll join us

And the world will live as one 

These lyrics by John Lennon represent how you should live with your imagination.  It is saying if people imagined a life that is better than their own, or one that would make the world a better place, it could actually make a difference.

Another connection to this quote is from the movie and novel Ramona and Beezus.  It is about a little girl who lives almost entirely out of her imagination.  She loves her imaginary friends and is a very creative person with odd and wonderful ideas.

The movie Chocolat  relates to this quote because the young girl named Anouk in this movie has many imaginary friends, including a kangaroo.  She is a very happy person, and makes due with her life by imagining one that is better.  She moved many times in the movie and her imagination and creativity are the things that kept her happy and always eager to make new friends.