CHAPTER FIVE
FIDDLING
THE PRINCIPLE OF INVETERATE TINKERING
Study the science of art and the art of science. Learn how to see and remember that everything is connected to everything else.
Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), artist-inventor
FIDDLING is a problem-solving principle that says new ideas and approaches can be created by tinkering with portions of a problem in an effort to understand it, repair it, or make it better. Tinkering, the art of looking for connections and contrasts, can be either conceptual (mental) or tactile (physical). Brainstorming is a form of conceptual tinkering.
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