Is there really a method to chaos?

What is a chaos? A combination of things which do not adhere to any measure, instrumentation, calibration? When I think of chaos, and try to visualize it, the first thing that comes to my mind is flecks of dust suspended in midair. No direction. No weight. No particular shape. Apparently no particular purpose either….Its probably ‘lack of purpose’ that is most important of the characteristics that define chaos, I suppose. If ever there was a method to chaos, i guess it would be 'confusion'. Confusion, unresolved, generally leads to chaos. People might smirk at the thought of calling 'confusion' a method, but it does lead to chaos and snugly fits into the definition of a 'method'.

Clarity of thought, can be perceived as the arch nemesis of confusion and subsequently that of chaos. Though every philosopher worth his salt professes and decorates clarity of thought as an achievement , is it really so ?

Think about an inconvenient deed. I mean, think about something you have done that has wronged someone. If you were clear of thought, would you have the luxury of cushioning your conscience against the buffer of ‘confusion’? And God knows, we wrong more often, than we do right. For a person who believes, his/her wrong is right, probably, clarity of thought and confusion do not matter much. Such persons, I believe are egoists and without the gift of acquiring multiple perspectives to a situation. And as such they lead a dull life ensconced in their own world. For ordinary people like us who weigh our acts a thousand times (albeit in retrospect) confusion is the savior from the perennial attacks of self conscience.