Creative thought is plural. The mind that lands on an idea has already considered, rejected, and held in suspension three or four others. The single-line workflow insists on flattening that into one path forward.
We don’t believe it.
The shape of the unchosen ideas matters. Each one is an axis the final move is positioned against. Take them away and the remaining choice loses its meaning — it isn’t a choice anymore, just an output.
Ideas don’t queue. They multiply.