Theatre of The Mind.

I bet you've heard that expression a thousand times.
But what does it really mean? Has it ever been explained why it works?
No one ever gave me a definitive explanation...so I went searching.

Here's the deal:
When I say a word, you automatically create an image of that word.
'City'.
What city did you picture...New York, Sydney, Oslo, your own city?
Was it an ariel or street view?
Day or night?
Quiet or busy?
The picture you create is based on your thoughts, memories and perceptions. YOURS. You decide what picture to create.

Let's do something now that ony humans can do.
I want you to change that city picture.
Let's set it in the 1940s - black and white and raining.
Now take it to the 1970s - colour and sunny.
Now to today - lots of traffic and it's windy.

Humans are the only species that can take a picture and change it like that. A dog can't picture a bone and change it into a cat to chase. Only we can change pictures. We create the drama in our heads. THAT'S the theatre part.

The pictures we choose are purely our own...NO ONE else's.
That's why the concept works.
Our pictures and our drama.

All from one word.
The power of radio.