THE STRENGTH OF IDEAS

Again this is about relationships.

I thinks its the goal to construct ideas that a dense networks of relationships - meaning everything relates to everything else in a complex layering of systems. Go listen to the Thom Mayne lecture again, listen to how he talks about this.

but think about it this way - if you have an idea built on a single relationship - that's not a very strong idea, is it? Strength of the idea is based on the strength of its internal logic (relationships).

I am about to watch the "waking life" and think about it in the context of this class. If you are familiar with it - its actually by the same guy that did "slackers" and carries on that style - but it uses a graphic style to create the sense of a dreamlike state.

Dreams should be a central theme when talking about creativity - I have yet to engage it, however. But I've hinted (not fully explained) my surrealist tendencies - and its because of their interested in the role of dreams as they relate to creativity.