Imagination

thumb|Joseph Noel Paton , Dante Meditating the Episode of Francesca da Rimini and Paolo Malatesta Imagination is the representation of sensations or physical objects in the mind without any immediate input of the senses. Often described as forming pictures in the mind, it is commonly equated with mental imagery, though imaginary experiences do not have to be purely visual, and can include other sensory experiences, thoughts, and emotions. Imaginings can be re-creations of past experiences, such as vivid memories with or without changes, or completely invented and possibly fantastical scenes. I

thumb|upright=0.7|alt=graphic of a lightbulb|A picture of an incandescent light bulb, a symbol associated with the formation of an [[idea, an example of creativity]]

considering hypothesis, theory, or principle for the purpose of thinking through its consequences

thumb|right|1912 postcard illustrating the concept of a man daydreaming about a woman

mental faculty of drawing imagination and desire in the human brain

thumb|200px|King Ludwig II of Bavaria was famous for his escapism, which involved his admiration for the work of [[Richard Wagner. In this caricature, he is portrayed in the role of King Lohengrin.]]

Nonsense is a form of communication, via speech, writing, or any other formal logic system, that lacks any coherent meaning. In ordinary usage, nonsense is sometimes synonymous with absurdity or the ridiculous. Many poets, novelists and songwriters have used nonsense in their works, often creating entire works using it for reasons ranging from pure comic amusement or satire, to illustrating a point about language or reasoning. In the philosophy of language and philosophy of science, nonsense is distinguished from sense or meaningfulness, and attempts have been made to come up with a coherent a

imaginary, typically self-consistent world with its own rules and characters, different from the real world; often used as a background or basis in story telling

thumb|upright=1.2|A representation of how people with differing visualization abilities might picture an apple in their mind. The first image is bright and photographic, levels 2 through 4 show increasingly simpler and more faded images, and the last—representing complete aphantasia—shows no image at all.

manner of solving problems using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not immediately obvious or attainable using only traditional step-by-step logic

representation in an individual's mind of the physical world outside of that individual

phenomenon where a friendship or other interpersonal relationship takes place in imagination

hypothetical internal cognitive symbol that represents external reality

Worldbuilding is the process of constructing an imaginary world or setting, sometimes associated with a fictional universe. Developing the world with coherent qualities such as a history, geography, culture and ecology is a key task for many science fiction or fantasy writers. Worldbuilding often involves the creation of geography, a backstory, flora, fauna, inhabitants, technology, and often if writing speculative fiction, different peoples. This may include social customs as well as invented languages (often called conlangs) for the world.

story with unbelievable elements, related as if it were true and factual

a world in a fantasy setting

mind-body therapy

a thought object that does not have an equal in the real world

thumb|250px|Manuscript by Emily Brontë that contains poems about Gondal, a paracosm

Mental process

Mental process in which one rehearses a given action

Type of memory distortion

Hyperphantasia is the condition of having extremely vivid mental imagery. It is the opposite condition to aphantasia, where mental visual imagery is not present. The experience of hyperphantasia is more common than aphantasia and has been described as being "as vivid as real seeing". Hyperphantasia constitutes all five senses within vivid mental imagery, although literature on the subject is dominated by "visual" mental imagery research, with a lack of research on the other four senses.