On Poetic Imagination and Reverie: Selections from Gaston Bachelard Book

To give a comment about Bachelard, one must surpass his thinking, and that I can't do. When I first read this book, I felt like a kid who was being taught the wonder of beings. Bachelard is my fantasy guru, because he will take and show you that everything you perceive and thought as it is [traditionally:], is subject to a change.

In one instance he says "a root is always a discovery" [p.84:]. I agree with that, the primary reason of the establishment of religious fundamentalist is a belief that the root is already "finished", all interpretations of holy writ must be built upon it, a slight deviation will be called heresy. A discovery doesn't mean refutation but extension and enrichment of the former.

You can not read Bachelard and don't come up with new words and phrase you coin yourself, tha's the magic of his imaginary reasoning. This book is a collection of his scattered writings. Breath-taking!