Truth Of Imagination

Ficus sycomorus grows to 20 m tall and 6 m wide with a dense round crown of spreading branches. The leaves are heart-shaped with a round apex, 14 cm long by 10 cm wide, and arranged spirally around the twig. (wikipedia)
Because the shadow cast by the tree is extensive any seed falling within the shade will not get enough sunlight to germinate. So it makes sense if the tree can send its seeds farther from its shade.
The incomparable Renaissance man, Leonardo daVinci observing the way seeds are cast out hit upon a flying machine that we know as helicopters. In his day technology being what it was his sketch remained merely a fantasy. A figment of man’s imagination. Come five centries man has learnt to design choppers and his drawing remains a milestone in the history of aviation.
What was the force of his imagination? His mind could assimilate the experience of the tree.
Imagination is that curious ability of the mind to crytallize experience from anywhere in Cosmos and set out new uses. He made the past serve the present and future. DaVinci in a manner of speaking compressed the age-old wisdom of a tree and turned it upside down. By his imagination he brought a time lapse of some five centuries to serve his needs.
Let me draw attention to another :
H. G Wells, along with Hugo Gernsback and Jules Verne, is sometimes referred to as "The Father of Science Fiction".
Truth of Imagination
“An Experiment in Prophecy" is considered his most explicitly futuristic work. Anticipating what the world would be like in the year 2000, the book is interesting both for its hits (trains and cars resulting in the dispersion of population from cities to suburbs; moral restrictions declining as men and women seek greater sexual freedom; the defeat of German militarism, and the existence of a European Union) and its misses (he did not expect successful aircraft before 1950, and averred that "my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything but suffocate its crew and founder at sea").(ack: wikipedia)
Imagination is the quality of mind to compress time and space in real time of a life form to establish new framework for experience.
Thus Adam could design the priestly dress for Aaron though he intended it for himself. Weaving and materials needed for such a design to be reality would come later. ( According to scholars Moses lived somewhere around 1200 BC,. Whatever time lapsed from Adam till Moses was reconciled in his imgination.)
benny

After The Fall

Adam had a shock of his life to know he was naked. “It is something that I ate, I am sure.” He said and he quickly went over to his ‘helpmeet’ and to his amazement she was also naked!
“ Must you embarrass me?” he blurted out.
He bawled his head off telling Eve to be modest. She didn’t think she was immodest. He knew she was because he was always right since God created him first. “ I have the preeminence in all things.”
At that moment he was busy thinking up designing his wardrobe. Adam waxed eloquent at the whole array of dresses he could now design for himself. If he were first in all things his dress must show him to advantage. He quickly sketched a headpiece and robes complete with breastplate. Eve saw him so much lost in details and thought her man was fantastic. “ What imagination and what singleness of purpose!” She loved him all the more despite his odd habit of ‘’I-told-you-so’. When he was done she had one question: “ You made a breastplate and divided into 12 sections. “Why twelve?”
“ I could explain but it may not make sense to you.” Said he.
Of course he had conceived it all in his mind and sketched the dress down to its minutest detail.
Alas, he never got around to use.
Why? God thought Adam was better dressed in a lambskin that was simpler. All he needed if he ever was in want of a change of skins was a sheep. There were plenty of livestock around. He however left the final decision to Adam and Eve.
Eve insisted, “ Don’t be woollyheaded Adam. The dress you designed is too complex and you would need skills that do not exist.”
Adam was shocked and before he could snub her she said, “ Look around. Angels are clothed with fire and God Himself wraps about him with clouds.”
Adam had to agree, ‘If God could be dressed so simple so could I.’
But he muttered saying, “ I bet my design was faultless.”
Tailpiece: In the desert of Sinai God explained to Moses the dress he had in mind for the office of the High Priest. Uncannily the design was exactly the same as the one Adam had earlier conceived. So Adam had taken a pattern from the Mind of God. If he were the Son of God it was quiet natural. This is what Imagination would mean. More on this topic in my next post.
benny