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But now that I have more time to ponder and daydream, I’ve been forced to admit that they are not as strong as they once were and that I am more naturally inclined to think about, well, boring stuff when given half the chance.
Is this a symptom of getting older or does it have something to do with letting myself live a life that is ruled by deadlines and making enough money? I also wonder how much of it is just plain old laziness. Why imagine things when someone else could do it for me? (I do love it when someone else does it for me.)
As part of this project, I’m trying to work out exactly what it is that is most likely to persuade my imagination into a flight of fancy. I’m reading loads, going to exhibitions, restricting the watching of TV shows and generally trying to not check the emails on my phone every five minutes.
Me as a wee 'un
I recently wrote a guest post for the lovely Kirsty Logan for her Thievery series – posts about the inspiration behind stories – and I enjoyed the process a lot, mainly because it encouraged me to recall some childhood holidays I hadn’t thought about for a long while.
Lynsey May 
Imagination is the root behind everything that inspires and conveniences. Somebody had to imagine up the computers we use to blog, for example. I believe writing to be very much the same way – we all have the qualities it takes to be inspired… it’s allowing ourselves to be inspired by the littlest things, and asking the right questions, that leads to an idea.
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I wonder if it’s the allowing that’s been squeezed out in my day to day! Thanks for your comment, nice to think we all have the capacity to keep imagining always.
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It’s a difficult thing to identify. I find my imagination can be triggered at the oddest times and by the most unlikely things. It can be a phrase that someone says, or an image in a novel, a painting or someone I pass in the street. The trick, I find, is not just identifying when this happens, but holding onto it long enough to expand on it and make use of it.
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Oh yes, and to write it down at the moment, not kid yourself that you’ll be hang onto it until a more convenient moment presents itself!
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