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Research = imagination ... what?

1/13/2015

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Albert Einstein, who attributed much of his work to intuition and inspiration, once said that, "Imagination is the highest form of research."  So, did he spend hours on end just staring into space?

Well ... according to his daughter, Einstein would play the piano whenever he hit a dead end, or a seemingly insurmountable problem.  Music enabled his theoretical physics?  I had no idea!

I, for one, I am more easily inspired by works of art, and I've found a treasure trove of inspiration in my husband's paintings.  They have filled my mind with ideas, feelings, and an almost palpable presence.

I cannot help but articulate these visual experiences as poetry.  Such work is born of a symbiotic relationship between our respective mediums.  It is by way of this that I kind of get what Einstein meant.

Alas, I would do well to focus on these paintings during the dry spells when I have a hard time coming up with something to write ... but I tend to neglect this, even though his art adorns our every wall.

However, now that I've read and explored this quote from Einstein, I won't be quite so prone to forget that I have such a ready and ample source of inspiration ... making for a lot less whining on my part. 

This "relationship," between my husband's art and mine, has worked both ways.  For instance, a paining that he did of Emery, though inspired by my poem, is a most unique interpretation of my piece.

When one such as we is immersed in the experience of a painting, a poem, or even in playing a piano, the imagination gets fed, and freed ... and loosed to create something that has not existed before.

Thank you, Einstein!!!

 

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    I've written many poems over the years.  This blog is a preview of my books: Echoes, Neo-Victorian Poetry (April 2013), Echoes ll, More Neo-Victorian Poetry (May 2014), Echoes lll, Even More Neo-Victorian Poetry, (August 2016), A Compilation of Echoes. (September 2016), and When None Command (April 13, 2019)

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