imagination

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In the popular imagination geishas are often confused with courtesans but their work as trained masters of refined old artforms does not involve selling sex.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

When presented without theatrical aspect but as a private process of the imagination, it becomes a lavishly lovable antidote to our too often accepting the world’s absurdity only as dooms-scrollable tragedy.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2026

When it comes to new flavours, "it's your imagination, that's the only limitation", Neil says.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The strange dynamics of their friendship and the dark ironies of Mr. Boyson’s imagination build to an ending worthy of a Martin Scorsese picture: perfectly bleak and a little bit funny.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

His imagination, his belief, had gotten him in so much trouble.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova