Imagination, Reality and Creativity

One of the strangest things about brain is its potential

The human brain is not merely a net of nervous fibres. It is more than the control centre of the body. It is the integrated and sophisticated home of numerous dreams, imaginations and creations.

The brain interprets, generally the environment around us we call reality. But have you ever felt that your imagination on something, say a book you have read recently, was far better than when it came out of someone else's imagination? Have you ever felt you can bring about some change with the help of your imagination? At such, imagination induces creativity. The most honoured scientist of 20th century, Albert Einstein had once said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge." His own life reflected the fact.

Imagination is the key to success. From artists to inventors, the greatest of creations came out of imagination. One such inventor was Thomas Alva Edison. He is credited for invention of more than thousand products used in modern life among which the light bulb and the movie projector are the most popular. The light bulb was invented in his mind out of his imagination- without ever seeing one in reality! Then he worked out discovering the requirements to convert his fantasy into reality. With that passion he worked and worked and gifted the world with one of the most precious product of all time.

The world of imagination may be compared with the world of dreams and fantasy. The world might be close to the real world you see or be entirely different. We have enjoyed the fantasy world of Underland in "Alice in Wonderland", Middle Earth in the "Lord of the Rings", Hogwarts in Harry Potter and so on. We have also been introduced to several characters that came out of imagination of their creators. Mickey Mouse and his friends are among the most famous cartoon characters all around the world. And we love them, for they are the creations of human brain, proofs that it can overcome impossibility through its wonderful creations.

At times I feel the power of my imagination being drained by the introduction to reality. In such cases, I think of the world in a different way. What if the world we see is a dream of our own? Or we might be creations of someone else's imagination. Doing so, I come back to my world of imagination and it really feels good. After all, the purpose of life is to follow your true passion and get happiness out of it. I have not seen it yet and I can imagine it coming close, very soon.
The pictures below show striking similarity between networks human brain nerve fibres and the fabrication of universe in atomic scale. Something for brainstorming!