I remember being in the area of no clouds, but surrounded on all 4
sides by clouds! Talk about weird! And being between layers where the
bottom layer had shimmering fog on top of the cloud. Yes you see some
amazing stuff in IMC. Also, I remeber literally swooping around small
cumulus like they were big slalom poles in the sky (had a block
clearance on that one).

It's just a matter of priorities and if you want to do it or not. I
also remember ATC making me mad and confused by making mistakes, me
making some mistakes, and NOT being able to proceed IFR because my
equipment was broken or I didn't have the charts or just wasn't
comfortable or current to do it.