Zoeytoo... beautifully put!! I love what you said about chemists... while teaching HS science for many years, my colleagues and I would often find ourselves "playing" after school to "see what happens when..." So often the phrase, "well, look at that!!"... I was reminded of that... but I can hear myself saying that when I see a quilt with fabrics I would never have put together, or a pattern I never would have or could have thought up...
Loved your long windedness!!