Perhaps some people might have a lot of fun with detangling this cryptic "brain knot clot" of odd metaphor soup....
"Geistesblitz" is German and describes an Eureka-Moment. I like this German word, because it contains the word "Blitz" - which translates to "lightning bolt" or "flash". This reminds me of the Lichtenberg figures.
Lichtenberg figures are branching electric discharges with fractal properties:
On this website is a great video/gif showcasing Iichtenberg figures burned into a wood table:
Lichtenberg Figuren entstehen wenn hohe Elektrizität, Backpulver, Wasser und Holz aufeinandertrifft. Lesen Sie hier mehr.
[please, everyone reading this, do not attempt to reproduce Lichtenberg figures; the amount of voltage needed kills]
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For the topic of non-linear/divergent thinking I found this German website helpful and well-summarized. (Unfortunately it is only available in German.)
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The alpha and omega in my drawing represent "point A" - the starting point of thought, and "point B" - the final thought. The branching plot between these points describes the "detours" into partially related topics to "point A/staring thought" - the core feature of divergent thinking. Often this kind of thinking appears merely incoherent.
In short, this branching plot just illustrates a non-linear train of thought, which disperses into many other detours of thought - that feed back - or loop back to the previous or main train of thought.
This is literally the behavior of a chaotic system.
