tech-nique n. 1. The systematic procedure by which a complex or scientific task is accomplished. 2. The degree of skill or command of fundamentals exhibited in any performance. [Latin technicus, from Greek tekhnikos, of art or skill, from techne, art, skill]

Developing a balance between imagination and technique is important. The products of the imagination cannot be manifested without skill. Skill alone cannot reveal imagination. Cultivating both aspects of our inherent capabilites is a life-long process.