Creativity is actually defined by this transformation of finding connections between raw data that you already have to know. Consider use cases for a rock. Bo

Creativity is actually defined by this transformation of finding connections between raw data that you already have to know. Consider use cases for a rock. Boring would be using it as a paperweight or throwing it through a window. Novel but uncreative would be throwing it at the sun, or painting it red. Novel, but kind of useless. But what about using a rock to play rock paper scissors? Planting it in the soil and watching it grow? That's kind of novel, by way of subverting rock's rules (it doesn't grow, unlike plants) or transforming the concept of 'rock' itself — a real rock isn't needed for rock paper scissors. So only connections between known concepts are creative. Others might be novel, but useless.