CMP Review 2025-02-19

February 19, 2025

Would you say you have a good imagination?

Recently, I listened to an Art of Manliness podcast entitled “The Imagination Muscle—Where Good Ideas Come From (And How to Have More of Them).” The discussion between Brett McKay, and Albert Read is fascinating in its own right, but what makes it particularly interesting is that just yesterday we released Ellen Parish’s 1914 address, “Imagination as a Powerful Factor in a Well-Balanced Mind.”

Listen to both to see how the ideas align between a graduate of Charlotte Mason’s teacher training college with the former journalist & managing director of Condé Nast Britain. Pay special attention to hear Mr. Read’s novel term for what we in the CM-world know as “narration,” how a commonplace book aids our imagination, and ways to work our own imagination muscle as adults.

@rbaburina