nowledge begins with images and that most of what we know is stored in images. He uses the term "image" in the sense of a vague representation of some state of affairs and our feelings about that state of affairs:
When we are asked what we think or know about something or someone, we call up our images, setting in motion a kind of scanning interrogation or questioning of them. Then in a process that involves both a forming and an expression, we narrate what our images "know" (26).
I have been asked what makes my life meaningful, and this brings forth certain images as to what I "know." I know that I have reached a stage where I am branching out to new relationships, new experiences, and new institutions. I have only started to consider what I would see as ultimate meaning and how I would relate this to my own life. Ultimate meaning for me at this time involves developing a stronger sense of the world through education and new experiences, all with the intention of shaping a future life I can only dimly imagine at the present time. I can make it more concrete, but I always know that it is a projection of my hopes and fears rather than a real future I envision. I can make it real, but it is not real at the present time.
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