The Concept of Creative Chaos in Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude
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Creative chaos, Solitude, Neurological Development, Greek PhilosophyAbstract
Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude explores the concept of Creative Chaos, a phenomenon that arises from interconnected elements. Creativity alters people’s capacity for original thought and allows them to modify and adjust things to suit their demands. Creativity and intelligence are closely related, with creative thinkers being considered intelligent. Listening to others explain how they generate ideas can provide insight into the neurological underpinnings of creativity. The unconscious portion of the brain is where creativity begins, and being around people encourages discussion and problem-solving. The concept of creating chaos in the environment arises from the struggle to share ideas and thoughts. Creative chaos is the idea that chaos and uncertainty can lead to new forms and greater levels of order, meaning, knowledge, and understanding through an iterative, evolutionary process. It is related to scientific, philosophical, and psychological paradigms that recognize disarray, disentanglement, or disequilibrium as starting points for invention. Greek philosophers Heraclitus and Parmenides have both expressed the concepts of creative chaos, recognizing that order and disorder are complementary yet dynamic opposites within a holistically interdependent reality. Creative chaos has been a motif in literature, with protagonists experiencing inner or external turmoil leading to personal development, change, and discovery.
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