Imagination Part 1: The Magic If
[This article is part of a series about how to craft an intentional life using ideas and tools from Constantin Stanislavski’s acting system for working on our inner motive forces. Previous article: Concentration of Attention ] Imagination is our ability to visualise or conceptualise an object or scenario that is not in front of us and that we may not have experienced before. Imagination is key for an actor to be able to embody a character and make their experiences believable in a play. In the same way, it is also key to setting goals in life and achieving them. To develop the will to see the journey through and deal with inevitable obstacles, we must be able to imagine what the desired changes look and feel like, how they will affect our current life, and visualise how the path of work and perseverance will get us there. Stanislavski described three different types of truth: actual fact , which is reality and truth as we generally understand it (although even this idea is not simple,...