Ok, so this one tickled me in a slightly different way. CC’s work makes me think about us humans as a collection of cells- teeny, weeny seemingly unrelated blobs that when put together make a remarkably cohesive whole. Then MM’s comments on process of creativity made me think of Neil Stephenson’s Quicksilver and the conversations between Daniel & Leibniz concerning the relationship of mechanical philosophy with free will, ie. if we are no more then a collection of microscopic gears— how can we possess something that transcends the mere physical- thought, awareness, intelligence, creativity, soul, etc.?

Are CC (in his paintings) and MM (with his GTD) really engaged in some deep philosophy…..by breaking things down to their fundamental elements and then rationalizing how they go together?

Anyway thanks for letting me scratch my back up and down your blog, I feel much better.