20 Imagination exercises!

In this article, you’ll find 20 imagination triggers designed to stretch your thinking, help you see things differently, and have some fun because why not?

Give yourself about a minute for your chosen scenario and let your imagination flow freely.

Ready? Let’s go.

1- You are a dog, which breed are you? what would you see? how would you feel when you see your favourite treat? What would you do when you see your favourite human?

2- We live in an era where the only colour we can see and use is green! Describe that world! How do you feel?

3- You woke up one day and you found out that you can only walk on your hands, you decided to live your normal day but walking on your hands, describe your day!

4- You can fly in space, you can get out of our galaxy into other galaxies. You are floating in the void among billions of stars, how do you feel? When you touch a star, how does it feel?

5- You are invisible, you can see others but others can’t see you, where do you want to go? what do you want to do?

6- You woke up one day as a big brown bear in a country that never had bears before, go out and take the bus. What happened?

7- You have a superpower for 24h, it’s not flying nor being invisible. What is that superpower? What would you do with it? Describe your next 24h…

8- You are on an island that is made up entirely of fire, even the trees are from fire. You can walk and breath in fire. How do you feel? what creatures do you see? what did you eat?

9- You can swim without difficulty breathing. You swam in the deep ocean and you saw unusual creatures. Describe what you see. How did you feel when facing those creatures?

10- You are living in Ancient Egypt, what is your job? how is life back then?

11- You are a vegetarian. You went to a farm one day and a cow came to you and asked why you don’t like its lovely meat. It seems really offended. How did the conversation go?

12- You are the richest person on the planet for 24h before losing it all. Every need is met. Doing nothing is not allowed. How do you spend your next 24h?

13- We live with monkeys in a world where monkeys work alongside humans and pay taxes, but they don’t speak any human language. How do you communicate with your monkey colleagues? Have you lent money to a monkey friend? how did you get it back?

14- Aliens have finally arrived on Earth and they choose you to be their spokesperson. What did they tell you about the reason for choosing you? What did they offer you in exchange of being their representative among other humans? What did you tell other humans about your new allies?

15- It’s Sunday afternoon, you are relaxed, holding cup of tea, and you pick up your favourite book for a quiet read. You open it and all the pages are blank…except the last page. It reads: ” I was kidnapped. If you want to find me, dial this number :0000000″. What do you do? Who was at the end of that number? What happened afterwards?

16- Whenever you talk, flowers come out of your mouth instead of words. The flowers’ colours reflect your emotions. If you’re angry, dead flowers come out instead. How do you communicate with others? How did it go when you were frustrated at work?

17- Every time you say the word “I”, time rewinds by one day and you have to start over. How would you live your day without saying the word “I”? Assuming you couldn’t, where would you find yourself in time? Would you change anything?

18- Every time you sneeze, you found yourself on the clouds, and the only way to get back to Earth is to sneeze again. What do you do when you are on the clouds? How do you get back? Describe your life with this condition.

19- You are a mummy, preserved for thousands of years. One day, you suddenly wake up and realise you are living 5000 years in the future. What do you see? What do you remember from your time? How would you get on with the day?

20- You can only walk dancing. How does your day look like?

Being creative doesn’t require to be a seasoned artist or a talented painter. It is a right, and a need, for every human being. Even a few minutes of pure fantasy imagination can relax the mind and strengthen our creativity muscle.

Have you tried any of the scenarios above? Which one is your favourite?