The subject is vivid imagery

I was asked recently by a poet how to bring more vivid imagery into his writing. So you want to use vivid imagery in your writing? Well first in order to write using vivid imagery you are going to visualize your subject matter. Close your eyes and put yourself right there in the scene. Say you are writing about the ocean. Describe the sound of the waves, describe the sky, and describe the rocks. Do you see the shoreline? Are there any birds in your picture that you are creating in your mind? Is the ocean calm? Give life to the ocean, make it come alive. Play it through your mind like a movie and tell me in great detail what it is you see when you have your eyes closed. Imagine the gentle waves washing over the golden sands of the shore, the calm ocean gloriously tinted by the setting sun. In the peaceful, warm water there is fish swimming around and around or perhaps you are picturing something different. The key to writing using vivid imagery is to close your eyes and just let yourself daydream. Poets and writers are daydreamers. Close your eyes and picture your subject and then don