Missouri Western State University - Griffon Yearbook (St Joseph, MO)

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r 1.3: 17 Dark nights become clear and defined when silouheued by an eerie moon. IMAGINE Opening 13

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i ! i ; r 1 Our minds are like the limbs of the tree silhouet- ted 0n the moon. In the haze of dusk the limbs take no clear definition. Likewise, as the 1982 school year began our minds were filled with thoughts and un- realized goals. As the night grows darker the moonlit silhouette becomes clear and definite. Similarly, as 1982 progressed ideals and goals became clearer and more defined. Thus, through an imaginative synthe- sis we arrive at the ultimate moment when the silhouette takes on a clear form, and our thoughts and goals become fully realized. L Imagination is giving form to the formless in the blackness of a midnight sky. 12wOpening

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Imagination is seeing the beauty in the construction 14 t Opening .. ..... .W- vV- t. .h V.r.....r mm ., rvant. , . -. ....-w of the pieces and parts. f 7 ' Robert Pirsig once said, 66What makes this world so hard to see clearly is not its strangeness but its usualness. Familiarity can blind you too? Many students attempt to escape this blinding fa- miliarity. Be it losing one,s self in a research lab or losing oneas self in an attempt to assemble words on a page or paints on a pallet, each student relies on the x imagination to momentarily disengage himself from i the usualness of reality. By disengaging ourselves i 1 swmmtumrt-w- :wr-v . s . from the present, we dissect 1982, shaking our heads in disgust 0r smiling with satisfaction, knowing all the while that it is but a part of our total personality. The key is imagination, for through imagination we see the beauty of the pieces and parts coming to- gether to constitute one meaningful entity. t L J Chemistry major Lance Miller plays the part of a mad scientist as he brews a formula on the elaborate Rube Goldberg setup.