Imagination was not my forte before, but recently I’ve made some progress with it, and it revealed the tight yet subtle connection between imagination and eyesight that I wasn’t aware of before. I’ve found that it’s only the first moment after each eye movement when the eye sees, and the rest of time the brain constructs the image using memory and imagination. There isn’t, in fact, much difference between what we call "to see" and "to imagine". I knew it from the Bates book, but now I also FEEL it.
Strain decouples shifting and imagination, and both decay. You are no longer able to move the eyes, and neither you are able to imagine. By practicing imagination consciously, the mind gets engaged and eventually restores the normal order of things, at least temporarily.
I find very helpful to look at things with ease while imagining I see them clearly. Namely, I can imagine texture on objects, edges seen sharp, glare on glass, black dots as parts at dark objects and other fun stuff. It is amazing how well my eyesight clears when I’m successful in doing so.
