Editing Creativity techniques (section)

==Aleatory techniques==
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Aleatoricism is the incorporation of [[randomness|chance]] (random elements) into the process of creation, especially the creation of art or media. Aleatoricism is commonly found in music, art, and literature, particularly in poetry.  In film, Andy Voda made a movie in 1979 called ''[[Chance Chants]]'', which he produced by a flip of a coin or roll of a dice. In music, [[John Cage]], an avant-garde musician, composed music by using the ''[[I Ching]]'' to determine the position of musical notes,<ref>{{Cite book|title=A New Handbook of Literary Terms|url=https://archive.org/details/newhandbookliter00miki|url-access=limited|last=Mikics|first=David|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2007|isbn=9780300106367|location=New Haven|pages=[https://archive.org/details/newhandbookliter00miki/page/n22 6]}}</ref> superimposing star maps on blank sheet music, by rolling dice and preparing open-ended scores that depended on the spontaneous decisions of the performers. Other ways of practicing randomness include coin tossing, picking something out of a hat, or selecting random words from a dictionary. 

The aleatory approach is also demonstrated in the case of the process called provocation, which was initially introduced by [[Edward de Bono]] as an aid to research.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Creative Research: The Theory and Practice of Research for the Creative Industries|last=Collins|first=Hilary|publisher=AVA Publishing SA|year=2017|isbn=9782940411085|location=Laussane|pages=30}}</ref> This method, which [[Richard Restak]] said was also employed by [[Anthony Burgess]], aims to achieve novel ideas in writing by directing a plot with creative connections through random words picked from a reference book.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Innovation, Creativity, and Discovery in Modern Organizations|last=Bundy|first=Wayne|publisher=Quorum Books|year=2002|isbn=978-1567205695|location=Westport, CT|pages=91}}</ref> Restak explained that the two hundred billion interconnected neural cells in the brain are capable of an abundance of possibilities for long-range connections and creative interactions using random and unrelated words.<ref name=":0" />