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I just stumbled across this quote from Ursula K. Le Guin's classic, The Lathe of Heaven, and I thought it was a great way to think about how someone who worships the Prismatic Ray may think, in its discussion of dreams (Desna), hope (Sarenrae) and emotion/imagination (Shelyn):
You don't speak of dreams as unreal. They exist. They leave a mark behind. Hope is a slighter, tougher thing even than trust... . In a good season one trusts life; in a bad season one only hopes, But they are of the same essence: they are the mind's indispensable relationship with other minds, with the world, and with time. Without trust, a man lives, but not a human life; without hope, he dies. When there is no relationship, where hands do not touch, emotion atrophies in void and intelligence goes sterile and obsessed. Between men the only link left is that of owner to slave, or murderer to victim. . . . It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion-. . . and hope.
I'll definitely be keeping this in mind if I roleplay a Prismatic Ray aligned character going forward! I don't really have a point here, but I thought it'd resonate...
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I adore this!