It was "Anne of Green Gables" who made Ms Ellis channel her imagination into becoming a writer, and "Marjorie Morningstar" who instilled within her a love of theatre.Franny Glass in J.D. Salinger's "Franny and Zooey" helped her "find meaning outside religion".
Can we channel such imagination to advance medical research?
Among the new names that have been considered are "SCF" and "The Imagination Channel".
In the past Mr. Helprin has found some useful vessels to channel his hyperactive imagination, using elements of fantasy, the picaresque and the epic in works like "Memoir From Antproof Case," "Freddy and Fredericka" and "Winter's Tale".
"Funny, focused, and powerful, Smart Girls seeks to help future women channel their intelligence, imagination, and curiosity into a drive to be their weird and wonderful selves," says the group's website.
At Poggio ai Santi, he and his wife are channelling all their imagination and flair into providing it.
The Wooster Group's "Vieux Carré" is not Williams's play; it's just a way of playing around with Williams, channel-surfing his imagination.
Morrison himself described Astral Weeks as an opera of sorts, a story with definite characters, a song-cycle of "poetry and mythical musings channelled from my imagination".
It is rare to see a show that puts such faith in artists — or channels their generosity, imagination, passion and networking skills so deftly — while paying so little attention to actual works of art.
The power of imagination should be channeled towards pursuing your goals and achieving extraordinary feats.
The first type of distance swimming to be regulated by FINA was English Channel swimming, which captured the popular imagination in the second half of the 19th century.
