Jan D[Ways] of stimulating the sociological imagination: ...
1) …you simply dump out heretofore disconnected folders, mixing up their contents, and then re-sort them. You try to do it in a more or less relaxed way. …
2) An attitude of playfulness toward the phrases and words with which various issues are defined often loosens up the imag-
ination. Look up synonyms…to know the full range of their connotations.
"On Intellectual Craftsmanship" C. Wright Mills