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Before we begin, remember this – reality stops here.  The imagining of the people of the world is, if anything more important than the knowledge which we already possess.  As Einstein put it, knowledge simply defines all that we know and have understood at the moment.  Imagination on the other hand is the path along which we walk to those discoveries that are yet to be made. This wonderful image sign posts our journey from the world of fact to that of the imagination.  Created by akshay moon http://www.flickr.com/photos/akshaymoon/ it is the first of this wonderful collection of images.

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A wonderful, if eerie image – this would make a wonderful front cover for a children’s fantasy novel.  The image is so well done it makes it easy to imagine a back story for the girl precariously perched on a rock, an empty bird cage in her hand.  The marvellous thing, of course, is that the back story is different for each person who views this wonderful and remarkable image.  With this selection, I will give a credit to each photo (below it) and a link to the creator’s image sets.  In this instance, the image is from the collection of -Delphine-  and if you like the image above, be sure to visit the rest of her work.

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There is something Dali-esque about this weird but wonderful image by RabiD Son – the shell of the snail being planet earth is particularly effective and although is not a drost effect is something similar.  Somewhere on the planet below you are looking at the image of the snail on your screen.  You are located on the planet that makes up the shell.  Somewhere on the planet… you get the idea.  As with all of these images it is easy to spend an age looking at them and then finding something new.  In this case, I didn’t realise that the snail was a hybrid (with crocodile feet rather than tears).  Fantastic.

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Not so much wishing upon a star, but walking on it.  This was created by jon gos and the walker is in fact himself, walking along the Gulf of Finland.  Again, this would easily make the cover of a science fiction novel, perhaps something akin to “I Am Legend” – the original of course!  The loneliness of the individual in the vastness of time and space – perhaps a reminder that ultimately responsibility for actions lie in one place and one place only.

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This image by Yuliya Libkina is a beautiful composition mostly in blue and is entitled ‘One Day I’ll Fly Away’.  The birds being released from the cage is a poignant image and the fact that they are making their escape in to a painting makes me wonder whether this is an escape from reality in to one’s own world.  If so, then this is a wholly appropriate addition to this collection.

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Regret.   People sometimes are too afraid to say I love you and then it’s either the moment has gone or love itself goes. So when someone tells you that they love you it doesn’t mean that they will never go.  It simply means they wish they didn’t have to.  A wonderful medieval image from the collection of Jody McNary.

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Certified su has two lonely aliens searching for something on the surface of a barren planet.  People can often search for someone or something that makes them complete throughout their entire life.  They chose and change partners and waltz to the sound of heartbreak while asking ourselves whether there is someone out there, somewhere, searching for us to.  Then, perhaps as is this image, the answer lies beneath us – and has done all the time.

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Water seems to feature strongly in the fantasies of people and occasionally that water has an occupant.  Here, in a gorgeous piece of photo manipulation by Chelseadaniel a mermaid takes a joyful leap from the water.

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A mansion, some skyscrapers both flying around on a rock suspended over – well – wherever.  Perhaps this is how the society of the Navii in Avatar may develop thanks to the intrusion of mankind.  Perhaps not, but a wonderful example of what can be done with time and patience from the work of Chris Valentine. 

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Imagination can take you anywhere.  Temari 09 has a rocket taking off.  Where it is going is entirely up to you.