Critical Creative Genius at the Intersection of Order, Disorder, and Chaos
Lane Watsonlanewatson.substack.com
Critical Creative Genius at the Intersection of Order, Disorder, and Chaos
What Is Creativity? Cultural Icons on What Ideation Is and How It Works
Maria Popovathemarginalian.org
The principle of organization is built into nature. Chaos itself is self-organizing. Out of primordial disorder, stars find their orbits; rivers make their way to the sea. When we, like God, set out to create a universe–a book, an opera, a new business venture–the same principle kicks in. Our screenplay resolves itself into a three-act structure; o
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The connection path thrives on having lots of ideas swirling around and on making accidental linkages. The more swirl and turbulence, the greater the chance for a discovery.
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True Originality Comes From Disorder, Not Efficiency
Chaos
Margaret Heffernan: Embracing Uncertainty and Creativity
Creativity and the Writing Process
Heffernan emphasizes collaboration and critique: “That dissent is absolutely fundamental to the creative process,” she notes, explaining how colleagues’ pushback can turn a raw idea into something “marvelous” .
She argues that supportive environments spark crea