Flip through the latest issue of Gulf Weekly.
Fearsome scaly dragons, breathing plumes of deadly fire, elusive romping unicorns tossing manes of pure silver and dwarfed leprechauns dragging along cauldrons of gold - all of these extraordinary creatures reign in a parallel dimension and are figments of human imagination.
The human mind is capable of endless possibilities. It can think of ways to conjure up cures for cancer or break down matter into its smallest particle.
One of the most fascinating aspects of the mind is its capacity to imagine, handle abstract ideas and conjure up unreal images.
It is one thing to manipulate information already laid before us but to dream of better and brighter things is absolutely astounding.
As kids, it seemed so easy to believe in fairies and pixie dust; to cease to care about scientific foundations.
As we grow older, we tend to forget how to be kids, we tend to forget to imagine and silently accept the world as it is. I can only conclude that as we grow older, we seem to think less.
It is a pity since with human intelligence and imagination, man could work miracles and wonders. And, no doubt invent the 'hovercrafts of the future' that were once promised to us!
However, imagination is much more than just goblins and elves, it is about thinking out of the box, creating something where nothing existed before, building empires with just ingenuity and bubbling creativity.
Imagination is about passion, wanting to widen the horizons further, believing in things that only the heart can see.
Like George Bernard Shaw said, "You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'"
Sometimes believing is more than just seeing.
