Solaas’s latest generative invention is called Dreamlines. It mixes psychoanalysis free association theory with an autonomic system which generates colorful moving drawings that constantly change, like life itself. “These drawings are on the edge of chaos, a very interesting place to work in”, Leo affirms. “Dreamlines also includes interactivity with the users, because they can order which dream to view. The results may go from figurative to abstract images with constant and surprising movement”.

“The edge of chaos is the place where interesting things happen. If there is a perfect order, nothing can change, while in an absolute disorder it’s impossible to find any coherence”, Leonardo explains. “Life exists on the edge of chaos, this transitional place between order and disorder. Biological life is always in a tension between order and disorder, this tension allows the existence of life. Beautiful complex systems exist on that particular place. That’s the only place where beauty lays”.

Apart from winning several international prices, Dreamlines received a massive reaction from people who visited Leonardo’s website over and over again, wrote him emails from distant places, asked him to work for them and mentioned him in their blogs. He even was selected to be in the homepage of “Processing” website, by one of the MIT creators of this language.

Solaas’s future projects are many. He’s exploring color and movement, but this time he wants to give the user the possibility to have control over what he’s doing, “the opposite of Dreamlines”, he says with a witty smile. “The other projects are about communitarian ways of organization, discussion technologies, group dynamics and content management systems. These are the same tools I use in my everyday job, as a freelance programmer and designer”.

It seems Leonardo’s mind never rests. Even while he’s sleeping, each particle of his organism is working to create something better.

But I know he will always be a dreamer.