| Reality is just a crutch we use. Why do I say this? Simple. Reality stems from real, but it is our perception on what is real. And my reality could be dangerously different from anothers, so then why would we rely so much on reality when it is so imperfect? And why is imagination frowned on. Imagination is free of perception because it exists uniquely and independantly in each person. Noone can share her imagination, it's impossible, so in essence the imagination is pure. Imagination has a purity and a distinct honesty that reality lacks. Do people not realize this? Or do they chose to ignore it? Only an idiot would condemn imagination. I imagine faeries and far away lands, and places that probably couldn't exist in this time or space. As a result I see the possibility in things, life as it could be, instead of the way it is. My imagination gives me the mind set I need to want to change things. I imagine life being more fun, more relaxed, less stressful, and safer, and that fuels me to try to make changes. So I really cannot understand why people don't respect imagination. Every great person ever alive had to have had an imagination. Without imagination there would be no reason to work hard for anything. If you could not envision being succesful then you would work hard in school or at your job. Imagination is such an important part of our society, yet it goes unrecognized. My cable network only provides me with about 65 channels that I can watch, to some this my be a drop in the pond, but to others this may seem like a lot. Regardless of that though, all of these channels were developed out of someones vision. Visionaries write books, paint pictures, compose music, as well as create the ideas for new stations and networks. Also each show that airs on TV is the brain child of someone with an idea. The only problem is that now with the economy on a downward trend, TV has become too expensive. So now creators aren't creating the way they used to if they want to make new deals with the television companies. You either have to be less original and more conformitory or you have to accept that your work may not air on TV. The same thing is true with the movie industry. TV shows and movies have become so expensive to produce that risks can't be afforded. So meanwhile, Steven Speilberg, who was and still is a visionary, is one of the few accepted visionaries. He sells tickets, he put butts in the seats. For a less known artist, it is hard to find work, because at $10 a ticket noone is willing to see a movie if they can't be gaurenteed to like it. Like wise the theater industry has the same problem. With theater tickets costing about $100 a pop, no big production companies can be bothered with producing new material. They need to make sure that there are not only butts in the seats, but they've got to be satisfied, or that company will start to lose business. So we are stuck watching the same old tired plays decade in decade out. CATS was in the Wintergarden Theater forever, and that made me wonder, was it really as good as all that? Or could they not afford to risk producing unknown works. Walt Disney is credited with creating an empire in childrens and families entertainment. His estate consists of multiple theme parks and an enormous collection of aminated childrens fairytales. And while this is an accomplishment not to be clouded...it's time to move off of Disney and on to something else. Disney doesn't work any more with modern veiws. You don't see life how it is and little girls don't need to read someone elses fairytales as much as they need to create there own and feel themselves corporated in them. If you can remember any Disney Classic Movies where an African-American character is depicted then I would like to get the name of it. Because I have no recollection that any such film existed. What is happening to the imaginations of our little girls and boys when all they can imagine is princesses and mermaids. Shouldn't there fairytales consist of making good lives for themselves, becoming successful and being happy, rather than being born thing blonde, or exotic, and privledgec. Who are these fairytales for, and why can't we at least try something new? If this is what has become of our "imaginative industries" what is left of imagination as we know it? People don't seem to understand how important it is to take risks, but at the same time money has made it too dangerous to do so. So what has happened to imagination, did we sell out to big buisness? Is that all that there is to visions? |
| IMAGINE: An essay on imagination, with ideas as to why fairytales don't suit our generation, and why imagintion is a dying in industry. BY: KALI d' KAI/ T!NKA |
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