A theory on why people lose their imagination

When we're young, we don't know much. So, we ask a lot of questions and we make the rest up.

As we get older, we don't have to ask as many questions and there's less and less we have to make up.

You need understanding to preserve an imagination. You need to use it like a muscle.

You subconsciously imagine when you don't understand. You don't know that subconscious thoughts are there until you examine them.

Is it important for other people to understand what you're thinking?

No, and yes. If it's understandable, understanding is the universal imagination. Very boring. Imagination is something you create.

Understanding is no imagination. Understanding isn't a bad thing. The most imaginative people just can't get their message across. People who are viewed as the most imaginative in the world, are simply the most successful at getting others to understand. People who are actually the most imaginative people in the world, can't be understood.

Like Aidan.


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We went on to talk about how, theoretically, A3 must be the most imaginative one in our family. However, I would argue that A1 and A2 are each highly imaginative as well. Austin explained that he is imaginative because he exercises his imagination like a muscle.


We also debated whether subconscious imagination is more valuable than conscious imagination. Austin responded quickly that imagination is imagination, it all carries the same value. He does seem to value imagination that can't be understood by others, however, as the most worthy of acclaim.