Blending, breaking, bending is how creativity grows, according to David Eagleman at Stanford University.

Curiously, a quick internet search of blending, breaking, bending turned up the following:

Art wakes you up: Bending, blending and breaking your way out of the daily doldrums  (Culture Map Houston)

Repetition Leads to Brain Pruning – Your Message Might Be a Lullaby  (Management Craft)

Bending, blending & breaking  (Axis Web)

How Your Brain Takes Good Ideas and Makes Them Better  (Psychology Today)

Blending Genres, Bending Time: Steampunk on the Western Frontier  (Taylor & Francis Online)