Interesting read on chance and creativity forwarded to me from my buddy DD. It’s a nice quick read detailing four different types of chance and how it seems to forever be around us if we perhaps open our eyes. Well, thatís one of them atleast. I’ve always been under the assumption that if I was lucky with one thing, it was that I had always seemed to meet good folks. But perhaps this is the idiot in me speaking as good folks probably just equates to friends and those you get along with. But nevertheless, I’ve always felt though that I did not have particularly good luck in other arenas. I’m wondering now if it is just because I did not have the soup properly stirred or if I just was wearing sunglasses that were a tad too dark. I think there are lots of implications here for designers/creative types as well. We as naturally curious folk could actually benefit by continuing to stir the pot. Here’s a quick summary of them quoted from the article quoted from originally another text:

“Chance I is completely impersonal; you canít influence it. Chance II favors those who have a persistent curiosity about many things coupled with an energetic willingness to experiment and explore. Chance III favors those who have a sufficient background of sound knowledge plus special abilities in observing, remembering, recalling, and quickly forming significant new associations. Chance IV favors those with distinctive, if not eccentric hobbies, personal lifestyles, and motor behaviors.”