Deciphering the Creative Mind – Decoding the Language of Creativity, Poetic Endeavour, Fantasy, Inspiration, and Imagination

Abstract

This essay is an attempt to delve into the psychology behind the nature of inspiration, imagination, and fantasy through the lens of the artist, poet, novelist, creative writer, and thinker. The imagination of man is the crux of all creative and artistic endeavour. Trying to reach into the mind of man and decipher the root of all imagination has been the enterprise of many a writer and thinker, psychologist, and philosopher. The questioning, the striving for revealing the nature of creativity is the absolute desire of all intellectuals and thinkers. The understanding of the nature of imagination is to untangle mysteries this world has wanted to lay hands on for centuries. Delving into the imagination and inspiration of the creative writer and artist is the aim of any intellectual thinker. It has different layers of peeling off needed to get into the core of the creative imagination. What matters most is the output of such an imagination which creates a whole world of fantasy and inspires the mind to take wings into the heights with a revelation of ineffable beauty. A vision that lingers in the mind of every person who encounters its ethereal purpose. Such is the stuff that dreams are made of, and it reverberates in our minds when we read poetry and immerse ourselves in the beauty of poetic imagination. In turn, it inspires its readers to indulge in their journeys of artistic endeavours. The splendid creative workings of the human imagination dazzle the human mind with its spontaneous outpourings of creative genius. It’s an introspective journey into the nature of creativity and inspiration.