Because you can only create from what’s already in your mind, your work is strictly limited to the contents of your unthought thoughts.*
Robert McKee

It’s a good thing reality isn’t limited by your imagination. It’s a good thing reality doesn’t mirror your imagination. The fact that you can imagine a different reality, and set your path toward it, is a miracle.**
Gabe Anderson

I may feed my body with the same breakfast of porridge every day,
But I aim to feed my mind – and my imagination – with
a mélange of thoughts and ideas;
Our imaginations will work with what it finds in our minds,
For good or bad:
The mind takes the shape of whatever
it rests upon – or, more exactly,
the brain takes the shape of whatever
the mind rests upon.^

There are so many thoughts and ideas out there, so
where to begin? –
Following our curiosities and interests is always a good place to
start, but don’t only focus on the centre of these, rather
pay attention to what you find on their edges, then dive
into these, always noticing what appears on their edges,
And on.

Once inside the imagination all manner of inexplicable things occur. Time gets loopy, the past presses itself against the present, and the future pours out its secrets.^^

*Robert McKee’s Character;
**Gabe Anderson’s blog: Imagination;
^Rick Hanson, from Jean Houston’s The Wizard of Us;
^^Nick Cave’s blog: The Red Hand Files #156