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The human mind is rational. Through understanding, he understands reality and is capable of carrying out actions of an intellectual nature: arguing, classifying, theorizing, etc. Reason is the fundamental characteristic of the mind. The reason is based on an observable part (the information about what surrounds us) and an unobservable part (ideas or concepts of one's own understanding). Reality is the great source of information, but we have the ability to combine elements of reality. It is the imagination. Through it we create a different reality, an imaginary world.

Real and imaginary are antagonistic terms. The imaginary is an invention, a product of our fantasy. Creating imaginary things is the result of combining real things. If we think of a flying ant, it is because we have joined two real ideas: that of an ant and flying. There are other ways to create imaginary things, ideas, or situations. For example, deforming ordinary reality and transforming it. It's what fiction writers do, especially science fiction writers. They create non-existent worlds, with characters, rules and situations totally removed from an environment

conventional. The novel Alice in Wonderland. Everything that happens in her is illogical, absurd and unreal, because the protagonist moves in an imaginary world.

In the literature, the movie theater and the art in general, the creators have unfolded their imagination, creating unheard of stories, beauty and suggestive ideas. In this sense, the imaginary contributes creativity and enriches the culture as a whole. Despite this, the imaginary can have a very negative and harmful meaning. In some mental illnesses there are alterations of the perception that are presented as real, and the patient confuses the imaginary with the real. The mental illness in which there are derangements between the concept of imaginary and real is schizophrenia. Some art historians have defended the idea that the schizophrenia of certain artists explains their overwhelming creativity.

The imaginary manifests itself especially in the childhood stage. The kids they surprise us with their strange ideas. In fact, it is claimed that a child has a great imagination when he creates a reality other than the one around him.

There is a concept that is frequently used to refer to society: the collective imagination. It is a theory that defends the thesis that the set of information creates in society ideas commonly accepted by the majority.

Themes in Imaginary