Speculation about what could be isn't only tied to science fiction. Anyone can ask, "What if?" and apply reasoning and imagination to whatever they want. Many tremendous works of fiction have been birthed by such simplistic questions: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Forest Gump, Anne of Green Gables, Star Trek, mysteries of all kinds ... the list is endless. If you find yourself stumped for what to create, just start asking questions and let your mind wander.
I'm not sure when it became a bad thing to daydream, but it's sure battered down the heights of imagination most people aspire to. Actually, imagination is a strangely disparaged thing--people seem to think a bright imagination is bad. I can't understand it. For instance, I was helping my father put a television on the wall, with one of those extending and turning television brackets, and we were stumped by three screws that simply spun in place yet didn't come out. I sat and thought in frustration, then imagined the inside and some possibilities. In the end, we took the back off the television and discovered another bit that unscrewed rather than the screw. It was a simple thing to fix and reassemble. But, without such imagination, I don't know what we'd have done.
You see, if you begin with the question, "What if ..." then you are lead by your own imagination and experience into a completely new world. That's where huge leaps in technology come from, springing from seemingly nowhere, to dazzle the world with profound brilliance. I think back on my favorite books, and the majority are hugely imaginative. If you keep prodding yourself with imagination, you will naturally respond by fostering more imagination inside yourself. That's the best part! Clear away the cobwebs and let your mind soar into a universe of possibilities!
- M
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