Visibility

Italo Calvino's Visibility led me to think about the creative process. Calvino writes and distinguishes between two major types of imagination: the type that starts with an image and then transforms into words, and the type that starts with a word and then can be transformed into something visual. 

 I never really thought of categorizing imagination like this, however, I do agree with his distinguishing. I always thought of imagination as one's ability to create scenarios, unique art, or expressing oneself in ways without any influence.

Now that Calvino writes about the two ways imagination are influenced, I realize that all imagination is inspired by something, whether it be something we read, see, or hear, and I find it bizarre that I never thought of it in this way. So many factors contribute to our creative thoughts, whether it be when we were born, how we were raised, where we grew up, and it's strange to think about how our thoughts and imagination are all rooted from things we have observed rather than what we create in our minds.

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