Geographical Imagination

What does it mean to have a geographical imagination?  How does this imagination affect the way I understand the world, nations, peoples?  For example, what is my image of [insert country name]?  How is my image of [insert country name] formed?  Why do I think this way about [insert country name]?

For further exploration of this concept, check out The Geographical Imaginations Expedition & Institute to listen to podcasts and read the blog.