12 GETTING THE MOST FROM CREATIVE IMAGERY
First I dream my painting. Then I paint my dream.
Vincent Van Gogh
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Be clear on what you would like to change or reinforce before you start,
and choose feelings and images that symbolise your goal. For example,
what does being confident mean to you? What do confident people
look like? How do they move and speak? What do they do that makes
them different from the rest?
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Get your mind and body into a calm and relaxed state and use all five
senses as much as possible to imagine what you want as already yours,
happening right now, and working out perfectly.
For example, if you’re rehearsing to go on stage, imagine you’re
looking out at the audience, enjoying the applause. Once you’ve
imprinted this, your subconscious will do everything it can to make it
come true for you.
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Place the images in the centre of your mental screen. See everything in
three dimensions using colour, brightness and movement, viewed as
you would through your own senses, not as an onlooker. ‘Hear’ the
sounds, ‘smell’ the smells with vivid clarity, and bring as much feeling
into it as you can.
Remember, it is always more important to feelthe desire coming
true than to get the precise details of the visualisation clear.
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Be gentle with yourself when using creative imagery, and don’t force it.
Too much effort is self-defeating. Just allow the sounds, images and
sensations to materialise.
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