Dear Imaginers,

Yesterday my four year old told me that princesses were only real at Disney. I explained to her that even those princesses were only pretending, but that through pretending we can make something that’s better than real.

“Can I have magic if I pretend?” She asked.

“Yes,” I replied. “Imagination is the most powerful type of magic.”

It makes me think of Frankenstein’s monster. We can all imagine what it looks like and how it walks and probably even tell Monster stories. But Frankenstein’s monster came out of an author’s imagination (and monster stories she borrowed from). 

Mary Shelley’s magic was far beyond Dr. Frankenstein’s. She created something that will never die.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck