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I fully agree with this.
I am a person who gets far too many ideas to be put to use and the general
observation I have made about my creative process fits this description.
Truly new ideas relatively rare and if we look closely enough there will
be some `inspiration` behaind that as well
On Fri, 9 Feb 2001, Chris Taylor wrote:
> I agree entirely about the miscopying thing (and I like the example - my
> old band ended up with a really great end to a song due to a timing
> error with a four-track tape recorder). My point though, about the main
> bulk of 'novel' ideas (especially at the more mundane end), is that they
> come from within, from the variation in one's mind. When I find a new
> use for a thing (from my good old junk box in the cupboard) it's not
> because I accidentally think about it in the wrong way, I'm actively
> searching for a solution which means I have developed a new niche in my
> mind which various things try to fill. I think this recombinational mode
> is dominant rather than a truly novel mistake-driven system.
>
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