Vision Board
A collage of images representing the life one is trying to attract — the physical artifact of manifestation.
Origin
The technique predates The Secret (motivational speakers were teaching versions of it in the 1980s), but Byrne's book and the post-Oprah self-help boom made it mainstream. Pinterest, founded in 2010, gave the practice a digital home; New Year's vision-boarding parties became a January staple in wellness circles. The premise — that picturing a thing daily makes it more likely — has some weak support from goal-setting research and is treated as literal magic by its more enthusiastic practitioners.
Modern usage
Now part of ordinary planning vocabulary. 'Make a vision board' is half-mocked, half-followed advice for anyone setting a new direction. Companies do them in offsites; couples do them on dates.
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