Maybe it is an artist's ‘job’ to seek out the connections and make them visible? I don’t know about you but my mind is constantly finding connections between seemingly unconnected events, feelings, things? It is almost like creativity is an invisible thread. I liken it to the age old practice of dropping corn down on your route/the path you take so that you can navigate your way back should you get lost. That is a great methodology as long as the corn doesn’t get eaten! And if the corn does get eaten? Thats when creativity and intuition comes into its own - to find new routes or be happy not to go back to the same place!