Visualization Exercises :: With a Child's Eyes
“You say to see with my mind’s eye. I don’t see anything, I think my mind’s eye is blind!”
“Not blind, closed. You used to see with your mind’s eye, I guarantee it.”
“I don’t think so.”
“When you were little, did you have an imaginary friend? A monster under your bed that you just knew was there? Did you have tea or dinners with Superman or a famous person or even just a friend you made up? Did you read a book that carried you away to the time and place?”
“Oh Grief! There was a vampire in the corner of my room!”
“Tell me about the vampire”
“It was just my coat on a rack”
“No, tell me about it as you saw it.”
“Well, he had his back turned to me but he was kind of looking over his right shoulder so I could see his profile. His skin was pale, even paler against his black hair and his lips were so red but not like he was wearing lipstick, just blood red and he had a bit of a smirk. His eyes were sunken and the area around them looked bluish and crinkled at the corners because of his smirk. His cape was so soft and fell in folds, kind of shiny, maybe silk or satin. The collar of his shirt poked out below his chin and was crisp, crisp white. He’d never turned around, but always held the same position, but he was always looking at me.”
“See, when you allowed your imagination to take over you saw the vampire and felt its energy. You reacted to it both physically and emotionally. That is all you have to do now and your mind’s eye will open.”
People do this all the time, It is how rock formations got names like “Finger to God” or pillars of salt in the desert became known as “Lot’s Wife” or mountains came to be named Camelback. Our eyes see what is in front of us but our imaginations see what could be there.
Exercise
To begin opening your mind’s eye, look at something in the physical world and allow its shape to suggest something other than what it is. It could be folds in cloth as it was for me in my childhood bedroom or clouds, rocks, shadows, anything. It may help to change the angle of the light hitting the object as this will often cast shadows that change the was an object looks to the eye. Once you create whatever image you see, allow your eyes to rest on it until every detail comes to the surface. Let your imagination override reality.
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