active imagination

one fleshes out the meaning through asking questions, attempting interpretations, paying attention to affect, interacting in an analytic relationship with the symbol, and engaging in some kind of imaginative play or fantasy - the painting of dream images, dialogues

Carl Jung

linked mentions for "active imagination":

1. journal dialogue technique
   used by many experienced journalers Although Dr. Progoff is generally credited with developing journal Dialogues (Intensive Journal Workshop devotes