All journeys involve imagination
As part of senior education, all students look into the idea of a voyage, expedition, passage to or from somewhere, someone or something; they study the concept of a journey. Journeys can be physical involving different types of obstacles and movement to new places, they can also focus on the exploration of ones self, growth and development. Whether the journey be physical, emotional, one of intellectual discovery or pure imagination, they all hold something in common. All of the above involve the use of our most powerful tool, our imagination. Our Imagination allows us to form pictures in our minds of things not present to the senses, to look forward, suppose or conceive and to wonder about what is possible. Journeys can be inspirational, educational, or merely be a means of speculation. They can be on the part of the responder, composer or narrative character. Coleridge a poet of the imagination, explores the relationships between nature and the mind as it exists as a separate entity. His poems Frost at Midnight and Kubla Khan are unsettling pieces full of fantastic imagery and magic, that draws in the responder and activates our imagination. Just as Coleridge's poetry can have such an effect on the reader so can visual texts su
Imaginative journeys are full of the unknown and therefore are full of speculation. Coleridge's detailed perception of nature links scene and mood and leads to a contemplation of moral and universal concerns. How you see every line of poetry shapes how you see the poem as a whole and what you will inturn gain from it's understanding. Each individual image brings with it associations that help shape the meaning of the whole, however on top of this each varying responder has a different interpretation of these images and their meanings and so everyone's journey will be unique. Kubla Khan is also full of questions for the reader to ponder, not only the overall meaning but the pure significance of such phrases as " a sunny pleasure - dome with caves of ice!". Though in going on this journey with Bruce we as viewers are taken on our own imaginative journeys, Bruce's journey is a mere springboard from which our individual journeys can occur. The ways individual responders "read" this expression will shape the meaning of the entire text and what is has to say about the journey. The authors name appears slightly eroded as if it has been weathered over a long time. Coleridge's Frost at Midnight is a perfect example of this, as it depicts the personas journey from the present to the past and then the future. In Kubla Khan if we see the "pleasure dome" as a human creation built in and over natures beauty "gardens bright with sinuous rills" then it could be said that the poem is making a point about the destruction of nature as a result of human advancements. One of the other functions of imaginative journeys is that they can cause us to speculate. In looking at the line "With walls and towers were girdled round:" you can question are these literal walls and towers that protect the fertile garden land, or are they symbolic of masculinity and the protective nature of men. The expression on the boys face on the cover could possibly be expressing a range of emotions.
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