# combinatorial creativity Combinatorial Creativity is the ability to take seemingly different ideas and combine them into new and innovative ways. This process is also known as [[idea sex]] but can also be called synthesis or networked knowledge or cross-disciplinary creativity. People who have the ability to remix unrelated ideas are usually the ones everyone consider to be **creative**. They are the ones that can "think outside the box" to come up with novel ideas. Can be a rational and systematic approach or wildly abstracted. --- _This is a huge topic. Here's my collection of resources to explore. Hopefully I can work through these and come up with a nice detailed article._ - [Combinatorial Creativity on Sloww.co](https://www.sloww.co/combinatorial-creativity/) - [Synthesizers on Sloww.co](https://www.sloww.co/synthesizers/) - [Networked Knowledge on the The Marginalian](https://www.themarginalian.org/2011/08/01/networked-knowledge-combinatorial-creativity/) - [How Einstein Thought: “Combinatory Play” and the Key to Creativity on The Marginalian](https://www.themarginalian.org/2013/08/14/how-einstein-thought-combinatorial-creativity/) - [Visionary Photographer Edward Weston on the Importance of Cross-Disciplinary Curiosity in Creative Work on The Marginalian](https://www.themarginalian.org/2019/05/02/edward-weston-daybooks-creativity/) - [Combinational creativity: the myth of originality on Ness Labs](https://nesslabs.com/combinational-creativity) - [From inspiration to idea sex: how to generate ideas on demand on Ness Labs](https://nesslabs.com/inspiration-to-idea-sex) - [Commonplace Books: Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity on Farnum Street](https://fs.blog/networked-knowledge-and-combinatorial-creativity/) --- tags: #creativity #process home: [[! creative process]]