"I saw the angel. . .[and] set him free."

"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free." Michelangelo

Sometimes we see the angel in marble. Sometimes we see the angel on canvass or on a blank sheet of paper. If we are lucky, sometimes we see the angel in ourselves.

Creativity and imagination know no bounds. It is all around us; every day; in the ordinary and in the extraordinary. It results from joy, sadness, pain and glory. We find it in our memories,remembrances and in the times that have yet to be.

Imagination helps us rewrite our lives; it helps us cope; it gives us strength and it takes our energy.

Henry David Thoreau said, "it is not what you look at that matters, it is what you see."

What we see defines us; not what we know. Is the glass half empty or half full? What do you see? And what is in that glass? Water that sustains us? A cocktail that tickles us? Is the evening over or have we just begun to laugh?

Seeing the emptiness does not mean the imagination is void. Seeing emptiness can find "conclusion" or a new beginning; it can create accomplishment or challenge. There is no right or no wrong. Yet, without imagination, without creativity, we are destined to be imprisoned by black or white.

We owe it to ourselves to charm the imagination from within; to bring it into the light; to free it from the confines of the marble slab. Our world, our reality was created from some one's dreams. My wish for you is to live in your dream.

"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night." Edgar Allen Poe

Image courtesy of Mike Flaherty