Networks & The Creative Process

Session Seven: February 25, 2010The System as Network

Creativity Viewed Systemically

Creativity is a Complex System, embedded in a complex system of systems

(Courtesy of KevinDooley)

Fractals?

Photojamming on fractalsfrom kevindooley

The Science of Networks is Interdisciplinary!

Neuroscience by benweger

Football field social network by arthitCellular Biology - Blood Cells by tillasmax

Crazy mathematician” by Peon Peetie

Networks as the Unit of Analysis

http://www.fcc.gov/omd/history/internet/something2share.html

The Puzzle: Six Degrees of Separation

Six Degrees of Separation by rowandahl

Random Networks (Erdos)

Continuous Random Network by vitroids

Real World Ordered Networks

The Real World Brooklyn? Really?from yatta

Bridging Ties

The Strength of Weak Ties by mass_kat_2008

Short Cuts

Short Cut Road.jpg by smartee_martee

Preferential Attachment

Monarch Butterfly Cluster by flopper

When the Whole is Greater Than the Sum of the Parts

(Courtesy of Shalini)

Synchronicity

Elkmont Synchronous Fireflies #1 by Judd Patterson

Emergent Patterns

Sand patterns by Taking5

Power Laws & Fat Tails

Dip's fat tail. by caysee

Poised on the Edge

On the edge! by Murat Uysal

A Phase Transition

Phase transition by GerardEOS

Incremental vs. Revolutionary Change

As described by Fernand Braudel, with respect to the Industrial Revolution:

“When one is talking about social phenomenon, rapid and slow changes are inseparable. For no society exists which is not constantly torn between the forces—whether perceived as such or not—working to undermine it. Revolutions are but the studded and short-lived volcanic eruption of this latent and long-term conflict.”

Where Are The Opportunities?

Opportunityfrom Matti Á.

Changing Fitness Landscapes

Grand Canyon and Colorado River...from Scandblue

Who Are the Winners & the Losers?

Winner and loserfrom owen4green

Blogging QuestionGiven what you see going on in the world of creativity today,

would you say that we are undergoing a phase transition?

How so? If so, what forces would are driving it, and to what kind of a reorganization

of the creative landscape might it lead? How might

fitness levels and the fitness landscape be altered?