# Impermanence, Stated Differently, is a Universe Founded in Novelty The only way for things to change is eventually for them to become something new. All change itself is the old becoming the new in a mundane form, but in a very real less mundane way it always eventually must find a way to become truly and significantly new. Since there are often barriers in which direction no significant change is possible, directed change sometimes comes about in the direction where change *is* possible, such as the direction from non life to life: any change in the direction of non life or in the maintenance of non life produces no replication of the change, preventing the change from cascading into the future. Life thus becomes a catalyst and transmission vehicle for ever increasing novelty. Lacking any teleology, the universe can still be said to have a creative spirit. This law of change and impermanence can thus be cognitively reframed as the creation of novelty if impermanence seems to be a barrier to happiness for some. [[Henri Bergson]] and [[Alfred North Whitehead|Alfred North Whitehead]] are probably the premiere philosophers on creativity and novelty in terms of metaphysics.