“To be willing to live within the imagination is to commit oneself to the gathering together of the pieces that might begin to form a self. To avoid this territory is to avoid the encounters that might validate, inform, or enhance one's experience.” SelfMightTogetherFormImaginationPiecesWillingOneselfCommitEncountersTerritoryGatheringGathering Together Book:Writing for Your Life: Discovering the Story of Your Life's Jou Source: Writing for Your Life: Discovering the Story of Your Life's Jou