What is more important - knowledge or imagination? In fact, both. However, it should be understood that knowledge is limited. But imagination has no limits. If there is no creative thinking, it will not be possible to come up with something new or find an original way out of a difficult situation. A developed imagination is a tool that greatly simplifies the path to success.
How to develop your imagination? To do this, you need to regularly perform the simplest exercises. In addition, there are all kinds of games that require creative thinking.
Imagination exercises
- Take a closer look at a person, try on his role. Imagine what he thinks about, what he enjoys, who he works for. What would you do if you were in his place? Do this exercise regularly to develop your imagination.
- Take a piece of paper and a pencil or pen. Arrange the dots at random. When everything is done, try to connect them with lines so that you get the original image. You will have to show all your creative thinking, performing this exercise to develop the imagination. Over time, the task can become more difficult. The exercise can be performed not on a piece of paper, but mentally.
- Play association with yourself. Find an object with your eyes and think about what you associate it with. Find the original word and repeat the same exercise. Did you get caught while walking a person with an interesting appearance? Think about what associations it evokes in you. This exercise can be done at any time.
- As you read the book, put yourself in the shoes of the protagonist. Think about what you will do in the situation in which the literary character finds himself. You can get used to the role of the main villain or a minor character. Better yet, imagine yourself in the role of an ordinary passer-by, who has his own life, which has nothing to do with the plot of the book.
- Visit art galleries and photo exhibitions as often as possible. But one must not only admire the paintings and photographs. You need to come up with your own description for them.
- Writing poetry is another great exercise in developing your imagination. Just come up with rhymes for different words. Over time, you can write quatrains. Writing poetry helps develop creative thinking.
Imagination games
You can play to improve your creative thinking. For this, board games are suitable. But there are also more efficient forms of entertainment. Let's list them.
- "Crocodile". Almost all people know this game. It is ideal for large companies. It will also help develop imagination and creative thinking. One player in the ear or in a separate room calls another player a word. The second task is to explain this word to other people using only gestures. It is necessary to show pantomimes until someone guesses.
- Drudla. We are talking about visual riddles that have neither a single meaning nor a correct answer. Absolutely all the suggested images that can form in your head are correct. And the more there are, the better.
- Burime. A fun enough game for a large company. The first player needs to write some rhymed lines. Then you need to wrap the sheet in such a way that only the last line is visible. The next players in turn must continue writing the poem, while closing the previous line. At the end, you need to unfold the sheet and read the resulting poem.
