The Divine Imaginatione of William Blake
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The Importance of Imagination
William Blake started seeing things at an early age. As a young child he saw angels flying in the branches of a tree. He ran to tell his family what he had seen, but they told him it was imagination. Dr John Trusler refused to have Blake work for him again. But though Blake was not wealthy, he continued to make his own art. The artist created his own way of engraving on copper. We do not know if Blake really saw these things. We don't know if he only imagined them. It is possible thatBlake's religious beliefs made it difficult for him to find work.
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