Imagining something vividly is not “having a vision”; nor is imagining something vaguely but intensely. 

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Very few people have a vision of anything. They’re sitting in the same seats as the rest of the audience, seeing what everyone else, seeing as everyone else sees.

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Having a vision is having a vital line of sight on something, a place where others – if they are willing – can walk and see from, too. Vision isn’t about the object. It is about the subject, and about cosubjects.

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Do you know why we all love to relax with popular fiction? Because the author is writing to an already seated audience. We can remain seated, too, where we already are. The interpretation is effortless and there is no possibility of angst.