Let's dive deeper into finding meaningful relationships in your Obisidan vault. Everything is connected. Everything stands in relationship to everything else. Writing "Relationship-Notes" helps us explore what's there, invisible. What's between the lines? The question you'll continue to answer today is: > Looking at Note A and Note B, what's the connection? Why is this connection interesting to you? ```mermaid graph LR A[Note A] --> B((Connection Note)) B((Connection Note)) --> C[Note B] B((Connection Note)) --> A[Note A] C[Note B] --> B((Connection Note)) ``` ## Part 1: Using Randomness Today, instead of going on a hunt, we'll let Obsidian give you two random notes and your task will be to find a connection, however far-fetched it may be. 1. Activate the "Random Note" plugin under "Preferences -> Plugin -> Random Note" 2. Click on the "Dice"-icon that has now appeared in your left sidebar 3. Take note of the first note you're given 2. Click on the "Dice"-icon that has now appeared in your left sidebar 3. Take note of the second note you're given ## Part 2: Setup your screen for maximum creativity 0. Close all panes in your Obsidian 1. Open your FIRST Note 2. Split your workspace horizontally 3. Split the top-half vertically 4. In the pane top-right open a new file and name it something like "The relationship between A and B" 5. Split that note vertically again 6. In the pane top-right, open your SECOND note 7. In your bottom half, open the graph view Your workspace should look like this, with your connection note in the middle empty. ![[Screenshot 2020-10-20 at 18.09.07.png]] ## Part 3: Find similarities and differences 1. In the new middle Note, write _why_ and _how_ the FIRST and SECOND Note are related. 1. List all the ways, the two topics are SIMILAR 2. List all the ways, the two topics are DIFFERENT 3. Use these prompts, all open panes, including the graph view, to help you guide and discover the relationship. ## Part 4: Deep-dive into ONE similarity 2. Then, when you've made the two lists (SIMILAR, DIFFERENT), narrow in on the SIMILAR items. 3. Of all those ways, the two notes are SIMILAR, which ONE captures your attention the most? 4. Do a deep-dive into that ONE most important similarity and flesh it out. 6. And finally: **Reward yourself** with a piece of chocolate, a glass of orange juice or anything else highly-satisfying to you! Check out my example at: [[The relationship between the USA and making giant bubbles]]. At the end of todays exercise, your relationship note should have been fleshed out like this: ![[Screenshot 2020-10-20 at 18.05.08.png]] ## Ways to frame a relationship I'm going to just drop this list of adjectives to describe the 'how' of a relationship here for inspiration. I know this is about human-relationships, but I also believe that using emotional language will help you find what fascinates you about the two items you've chosen. ![[types_of_relationships.png]][^1] [^1]: "Vocabulary for describing relationships: Adjectives, comprehensive worksheets and story" - https://learnenglishwithafrica.com/vocabulary-describing-relationships-adjectives-comprehensive-worksheets-story-salt-no/