MindNeurologist Adam Zeman's excellent exploration of the power and complexity of our imaginations literally needs more space to house all its riches 15 January 2025 Maarten Wouters/Getty ImagesThe Shape of Things UnseenAdam Zeman (Bloomsbury Circus)Just imagine! No, seriously, just imagine: an apple, perhaps, or a cartful of apples, or even a kingdom in which monstrous apples are fought by oranges on horseback. Our imaginations are capable of this and much more. They are responsible for films, novels and paintings, as well as buildings, computers and governments. They are unfathomably powerful.And yet the imaginings themselves are gossamer hard to hold onto, hard to pin down. I might be able to describe the apple I am thinking of, but what about the feeling I can