艺术的形象思维用形象反映生活，运用感性、直觉和想象力创造艺术形象，形象思维具有很强的创造性，加强艺术素质教育，主要是开发形象思维的创造功能。

Thinking in images refers to portraying life in images and creating artistic figures by virtue of perception, intuition and imagination, thus thinking in images is of high creativity.

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神话是人类形象思维的产物，涉及自然世界和人的主体世界，用形象的方式解释自然，表现人生，反映真实。

Mythology is a product of human imaginary thinking involving nature and subjectivity, it explains nature imaginatively, expresses life and reflects reality.

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