"Still, the new research supports what many experimental artists, habitual travelers and other novel seekers have always insisted: at least some of the time, di

"Still, the new research supports what many experimental artists, habitual travelers and other novel seekers have always insisted: at least some of the time, disorientation begets creative thinking." It's interesting that anomalies, events or things that don't fit our expectations or match patterns that we are familiar with increase our pattern matching and sensemaking efforts. I wonder if some aspect of "flow" is the continual reduction of uncertainty/confusion.