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Saculinggan, Kharra Cresia L. Saculinggan, Kharra Cresia L.

Imagination Imagination
* important tool in developing an artwork. It is * important tool in developing an artwork. It is
where the substance and the meaning of the where the substance and the meaning of the
artwork are formed artwork are formed

*differ from one person to another since everyone *differ from one person to another since everyone
is dealing with different experiences and with what is dealing with different experiences and with what
are received by the senses are received by the senses

*dependent on action for they remain imaginations *dependent on action for they remain imaginations
unless the artist transform these thoughts and unless the artist transform these thoughts and
ideas into form ideas into form

*one has to submit himself/herself in the process of *one has to submit himself/herself in the process of
Art making Art making

✓Burke(1757) ✓Burke(1757)
-" the mind of man possesses a sort of creative -" the mind of man possesses a sort of creative
power of its own; the power of imagination is power of its own; the power of imagination is
incapable of producing anything absolutely new; it incapable of producing anything absolutely new; it
can only vary the disposition of those ideas which can only vary the disposition of those ideas which
has received from the senses" has received from the senses"
✓ Richards ✓ Richards
-( cited by Egan,1992) "imagination named the -( cited by Egan,1992) "imagination named the
active mind, the mind in action construing and active mind, the mind in action construing and
constructing, dissolving and re-creating, making constructing, dissolving and re-creating, making
sense, making meaning" sense, making meaning"
Saculinggan, Kharra Cresia L. Saculinggan, Kharra Cresia L.

Imagination Imagination
* important tool in developing an artwork. It is * important tool in developing an artwork. It is
where the substance and the meaning of the where the substance and the meaning of the
artwork are formed artwork are formed
*differ from one person to another since everyone *differ from one person to another since everyone
is dealing with different experiences and with what is dealing with different experiences and with what
are received by the senses are received by the senses
*dependent on action for they remain imaginations *dependent on action for they remain imaginations
unless the artist transform these thoughts and unless the artist transform these thoughts and
ideas into form ideas into form
*one has to submit himself/herself in the process of *one has to submit himself/herself in the process of
Art making Art making
✓Burke(1757) ✓Burke(1757)
-" the mind of man possesses a sort of creative -" the mind of man possesses a sort of creative
power of its own; the power of imagination is power of its own; the power of imagination is
incapable of producing anything absolutely new; it incapable of producing anything absolutely new; it
can only vary the disposition of those ideas which can only vary the disposition of those ideas which
has received from the senses" has received from the senses"
✓ Richards ✓ Richards
cited by Egan,1992) "imagination named the active -( cited by Egan,1992) "imagination named the
mind, the mind in action construing and active mind, the mind in action construing and
constructing, dissolving and re-creating, making constructing, dissolving and re-creating, making
sense, making meaning" sense, making meaning"

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