Welcome to the Imagisterium!

Welcome to the Imagisterium, home of amateur writer, professional programmer and pathological pontificator Carl Bettis. This is a catch-all blog: there will probably be some literary/bookish posts, some personal posts, some nerdy tech posts, some ranting political posts, and who knows what else.

Some principles of the Imagisterium

• "Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow." -- William Blake
• Emotion, memory, reason and the senses live by the imagination.
• Facts are not true; they are only factual.
• Visions that do not leave callouses and scars behind are fantasy, not imagination.
• Imagination is work; fantasy is play. Both are needed.
• Nothing worthwhile was ever created without joy.
• Only the fearful are never silly.