Another recent post of mine coming from Bach's One describes where the book says ideas come from--hint, light, light, light. "In One, Richard and Leslie find themselves transported to a foundry, staffed by Tink and Atkins, where instead of metal, they forge crystals comprised of beams of light. When Richard and Leslie peer into the crystals, they see ideas though there are no words — just light beams of different colors." See https://medium.com/hope-healing-and-humour/imagine-your-future-without-changing-anything-about-your-past-634bb61e7045 subtitled "Look forward to a future built on past mistakes." That also relates to what you said today about WW2 etc. Here's a quote from the book: “There’s no disaster that can’t become a blessing, and no blessing that can’t become a disaster.”