String Theory and Creativity

String Theory and Creativity

I’ve been pondering the infinite trying to expand my brain with divergent ruminations and I found that my thoughts not only collided, but sometimes merged into something entirely new. No, I wasn’t using any type of chemical enhancements, but I did catch a glimpse at something that might be of use: a string theory of creativity.
In a recent interview with a creative person, the idea of boundaries needed for creativity kept creeping up. Structure, by nature, may be considered by some as anti-creative, but I would argue that without some structure, creativity has no canvas on which to spread its colors. So, in combining this with the idea of string theory, we have the possibility that creativity happens in a set of vibrating “strings” based on the nature of the structure of the string and the divergent creative vibrations induced by one or other factors. These factors could be willful, in terms of a person, as well as environmentally influenced and passive, in terms of the available patterns of the physical universe.

So, here is how this could work: A string of any sort is defined by its structure, including length, composition, overall shape, and perhaps “color”. These attributes are all inherent in the string, but could be influenced by the string “player” as needed. For example, a string player could have shorter strings, with fewer possible vibrations (less experience) or could have longer ones that may have been frayed or cut (too many divergent “activities”). The strings could have different thicknesses (the amount dependent on the person’s fluency or ability to collect them.), as well as be arranged in different shapes or patterns (dependent on the space in the environment as well as the skill of the string player to arrange them in different ways.) The strings could be “played” in many different ways (creative products), and produce “waves” (influencing factors that could induce additional vibrations) depending on how “loud” ( the big “C” creative vs. little “c” creative) each string’s vibration composition may be. The string “player” could choose to play one single vibration (one work of creative impulse) or could create many successive vibration waves (many prolific creative ideas/works). Some strings may resemble others or be completely different. Nuances of the strings themselves may include color or even “flavor” which could influence both the nature of the vibration creative waves that they produce as well as the possible amount of creative product that could be produced with them alone. Some strings may combine in ways that produce more “resonance” , go a greater distance, and have more “influence” on other strings than other strings. In this way, a group of artists or creative people with repertoire’s of creative impulses tend to produce a “resonant” choir of creative vibrations. However, this is not always necessary, as one string or set of strings could be assembled by a string “master” that could out-vibrate the combined efforts of many others. (like Mozart, Monet, etc.)

I would invite others to explore this idea of strings as a metaphor for creativity theory and how it works. I feel as if I am just learning to pluck my own strings, and in expansion for my next thought, how could these vibrations of strings be combined (converge) to MANIPULATE something in the environment itself! (i.e. like a Marionette puppet!) Think Shakespeare here…”cutting my strings”, etc. Tune in next time and I’ll expand on this some more.