What springs to mind when we say the word… Chaos?

Dr. Dawn-Marie Armstrong @drdawnarmstrong
Confusion.

Dr Jo Daniels @DrJoDaniels
Parenthood.

Mike Lloyd @DrMikeLloyd
Well, at this stage in my professional life, all I see in response is the word 'duck'. Both chaos and joy, all rolled into one perfect being.

Beverley Williams @bevjoylock
Airports!

Kim Thomas Psychotherapy @KimKimthomas
Chaos: the sense of feeling out of control, disordered rebellion everything up in the air stuff all over the place. Crazy mad chaotic thoughts. Lack of peace.

Looking for Bears @LookForTheBears
Dysregulated.

Wayne Flanagan @waynef1anagan
Opportunity was the first thing that sprung to mind.

NiamhB @NiamhB10
The first thing that came to my mind was calm. Always looking for the positives even when I don't mean to!

Caroline Gourlay @CarolineGourlay
Without looking at anyone else's responses, my immediate first thought was the current UK government.

Dr Alex Barraclough-Brady @AlexBrady
Freedom – but in an extreme, anarchist form. Might be because I've just finished rewatching Season 3 of Avatar: The Legend of Korra.

Ceejae Devine-Writer @CeejaeDevine
I first heard about chaos theory on a science channel episode about the weather. It helped me understand how there are various levels at play, and the slightest shift in one can greatly affect the others.

Andrea Sadusky, PhD @andrea_sadusky
And destruction.

Clay Griffith @ClaySaysit
Opportunity. Find patterns and navigate. As the classic Game of Thrones quote says: 'Chaos is a ladder'. As cringe as quoting GoT is, this tends to be true for those who see it this way.

Ally @allyonwye
Government. Life. My knicker and sock drawers and my kitchen cabinets!

Professor Catherine Loveday @CathLoveday
My immediate association was actually Kaos, an inspiring signing choir (that's signing not singing but they do both of course).

Prof Jane Speight @janespeight
Theory.

Helen (Roden) Worthington @helenroden
Order. Organisation. Categorisation. Classification. Clarity. Predictability. Meaning. Patterns. Inference. Concepts. Outliers. Anomalies. Human.

Scottish lass @scottis22904993
Disorganisation. Dangerous. Deliberation. Challenging. Cathartic. Change.

Elliott Massingham @EMassingham1
Potential for learning.

Corpus in Focus @FocusCorpus
When I hear the word 'chaos', it's like a tornado of thoughts swirls in my mind. I see a bustling crowd at a marketplace, the mad dash of rush hour traffic, a tempest churning up the sea – situations where there's no set pattern, just a wild, unpredictable dance of elements. But you know, chaos isn't just about mess and disorder. It's about potential. It's about those magical moments when, out of all that mess, something new and brilliant takes shape. It's like when a seemingly random splatter of paint leads to a stroke of artistic genius. Chaos is that spark of unpredictability that keeps life interesting, where the unexpected becomes the story. So yeah, chaos might be a bit unnerving, but it's also pretty exciting!