1. Think about the role of emotions/mindset in the creative process. Remember the example he cited. Recall any brainstorming sessions you conducted before (as well as the in-class exercise earlier) - were the sessions conducted effectively? Why/not?
The role of a person’s emotions during the creative process... is VERY important. Really. I think if we’re in a relaxed mood, we’ll definitely be able to think better, and we’ll have better ideas. Of course, it is when we’re feeling happy that we have the best ideas.
It is kinda like, say, singing. You can’t really sing very well if you are bent over, the air just can’t get into your lungs, and the sound can’t come out. In the same way, we cannot think properly when we are all stressed up and tired. The mind has to take a breath before it can start generating ideas.
The brainstorming we did in class was good. Though I do still feel all the stress coming at me during the ‘closed eyes and relax’ sessions, but I felt better. More open. Its like my mind could take a break and think about something else for awhile. The doodling was fun too..my emotions poured out onto paper, like a load lifted off my chest (a little bit). So yeah, I really agree with the guy in the video, ‘does it work? Not really.. but it makes me happy!’ Design can make people happy =)
Friday, October 30, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
50 Uses of a WHAT????
I got stuck at no. 4...so i wrote er..'eat', cos i was pretty hungry. LOL, that was when all sort of wacky ideas start to come out...
The very 1st Random
Here's the 1st random thing that I drew in the class.... 'AHHHH!' popped out 1st thing!
What Is It?
What Is CREAVITY?
- The ability to create.
- Using imagination rather than imitating something else.
- Generation of ideas, images and/or solutions.
- The process of developing new, uncommon, or unique ideas
- Creativity is fueled by the process of either conscious or unconscious insight
- Involve thinking or behaving imaginatively.
- Generative, ground-breaking, innovative, originate, handmade.
- Seeing the same thing as everybody else but thinking of something different.
- Involves the translation of our unique gifts, talents and vision into an external reality that is new and useful.
- Being novel (something new, never tried before) and appropriate.
- The ability to create.
- Using imagination rather than imitating something else.
- Generation of ideas, images and/or solutions.
- The process of developing new, uncommon, or unique ideas
- Creativity is fueled by the process of either conscious or unconscious insight
- Involve thinking or behaving imaginatively.
- Generative, ground-breaking, innovative, originate, handmade.
- Seeing the same thing as everybody else but thinking of something different.
- Involves the translation of our unique gifts, talents and vision into an external reality that is new and useful.
- Being novel (something new, never tried before) and appropriate.
Creativity. CrEaTiViTy.
Do you think you are creative? Why/Not? (reflect on your creative process in Sem 1 while going through the Common Foundation courses) to answer this.
Am I creative? Sometimes yes sometimes no I guess...certainly, there are times when ideas just hit me like a bolt of lighting, and whoa, those times are awesome! I’ll be driven by inspiration and not just purely thinking of what to do. Atlas, those are limited... I hope I can improve in ‘bombing ideas’ out!
Why or why not I’m creative? I suppose I am creative, because I think things in a different way. I see issues with a different perspective than the norm. I’m always asking questions, really! Why, why, why...ask, ask, ask...people get irritated of me soon enough! (My friends think I’m siao(crazy), so does my family =p) Ha ha. Im not satisfied with just the usual explanation, because I want to know more than that. Being creative is a state of mind, if we are able to look at the world around us with an open mind, without the rigidity of narrow-mindedness, without always saying ‘Its must be done THIS way’, then that would be creativity. Of course, there are times when I get stuck. Eh..I think sometimes I just can’t be creative because of being under stress. I definitely work better when I’m not feeling stressful =p Though definitely that won’t be possible in design school =p! I need to learn to do well under stress too...to use the stress as a form of motivation. Jia you! =p
Thinking about what I did in sem 1, I admit I was only say, 20% creative? I was afraid that I would do something wrong, so I always followed the brief almost exactly =p Even I myself found some of my work booring. I was kinda like in a cage that I had put myself into, afraid of the big bad world outside! I thought and reflected about it...and I realised that if I don’t try, I’ll never know, will I? I need to step out! And hopefully, break out of my little comfortable space...In fact, I’ve always been terrified of confrontations, of voicing out my thoughts. Gotta be thick-skinned abit from now on =p!
What were the last 3 creative things you did? Describe in some detail, and provide criteria why it was creative. If you have not done anything creative recently, please say more about why that is so.
I can’t think of anything I’ve done that’s classified under ‘creative’ recently...tell you when I have!
Do you think Creativity can be taught/and learned? Why/Not?
Maybe... When we are constantly around creative people, we tend to be influenced by them, and begin to think out of the box ourselves. That’s how creativity is learnt, through the mimicking of others. Thinking about it, I realise that everything that we know how to do is actually through copying people around us, our parents, family, etc. We learn through copying. To be creative is to not only copy, but to improve what have already been discovered.
But then again, true creativity is actually being able to imagine things no one has ever thought about before. Its about being unique. That can’t be learnt, because it comes from within us =)
What is your general gameplan for improving your Creativity? Please explain some possible goals and directions you have in mind. How can this class help you specifically.
Improving my creativity huh...like I said, I gotta learn to be more thick-skin.. I think through this class I can just let go of any other pre-conceptions I’ve had before, so that I won’t keep holding ideas back, but just let loose whatever that’s in my mind. I believe this class can allow me to generate ideas more quickly...bomb everything out! Haha >.<
My goal is of course to reach a stage of creativity where I could immediately generate great ideas on the spot, that’ll take lots of practice practice practice, so that my mind can work faster!
Am I creative? Sometimes yes sometimes no I guess...certainly, there are times when ideas just hit me like a bolt of lighting, and whoa, those times are awesome! I’ll be driven by inspiration and not just purely thinking of what to do. Atlas, those are limited... I hope I can improve in ‘bombing ideas’ out!
Why or why not I’m creative? I suppose I am creative, because I think things in a different way. I see issues with a different perspective than the norm. I’m always asking questions, really! Why, why, why...ask, ask, ask...people get irritated of me soon enough! (My friends think I’m siao(crazy), so does my family =p) Ha ha. Im not satisfied with just the usual explanation, because I want to know more than that. Being creative is a state of mind, if we are able to look at the world around us with an open mind, without the rigidity of narrow-mindedness, without always saying ‘Its must be done THIS way’, then that would be creativity. Of course, there are times when I get stuck. Eh..I think sometimes I just can’t be creative because of being under stress. I definitely work better when I’m not feeling stressful =p Though definitely that won’t be possible in design school =p! I need to learn to do well under stress too...to use the stress as a form of motivation. Jia you! =p
Thinking about what I did in sem 1, I admit I was only say, 20% creative? I was afraid that I would do something wrong, so I always followed the brief almost exactly =p Even I myself found some of my work booring. I was kinda like in a cage that I had put myself into, afraid of the big bad world outside! I thought and reflected about it...and I realised that if I don’t try, I’ll never know, will I? I need to step out! And hopefully, break out of my little comfortable space...In fact, I’ve always been terrified of confrontations, of voicing out my thoughts. Gotta be thick-skinned abit from now on =p!
What were the last 3 creative things you did? Describe in some detail, and provide criteria why it was creative. If you have not done anything creative recently, please say more about why that is so.
I can’t think of anything I’ve done that’s classified under ‘creative’ recently...tell you when I have!
Do you think Creativity can be taught/and learned? Why/Not?
Maybe... When we are constantly around creative people, we tend to be influenced by them, and begin to think out of the box ourselves. That’s how creativity is learnt, through the mimicking of others. Thinking about it, I realise that everything that we know how to do is actually through copying people around us, our parents, family, etc. We learn through copying. To be creative is to not only copy, but to improve what have already been discovered.
But then again, true creativity is actually being able to imagine things no one has ever thought about before. Its about being unique. That can’t be learnt, because it comes from within us =)
What is your general gameplan for improving your Creativity? Please explain some possible goals and directions you have in mind. How can this class help you specifically.
Improving my creativity huh...like I said, I gotta learn to be more thick-skin.. I think through this class I can just let go of any other pre-conceptions I’ve had before, so that I won’t keep holding ideas back, but just let loose whatever that’s in my mind. I believe this class can allow me to generate ideas more quickly...bomb everything out! Haha >.<
My goal is of course to reach a stage of creativity where I could immediately generate great ideas on the spot, that’ll take lots of practice practice practice, so that my mind can work faster!
What is imagination?
What is imagination/creativity?
Hmm..that’s a tough question. Okay, maybe not so. I guess creativity is....well anything and everything! I agree with the idea that as we grow older, our creativity and imagination dwindle. We have more and more constraints to what we can think of, what we cannot think of, what we can do, what we Cannot do..etc, you get the point. I probably was ten times more imaginative ten years ago than I am now! The world shapes our view of ourselves, it compares us with others. We even compare ourselves! I mean, all these talk of ‘I confirm cannot make it (one lah)’ and ‘I’ll never be as good as him/her’, they all come from our own bad experiences, and of course, the worlds’ judgemental view on us.
I feel that we’ll all be much more creative if we didn’t care what people think of us and our designs. I admit, every time I start drawing, sketching my ideas, i have a thought stuck in my mind: ‘Would people like this?. That itself already staunches my creativity. It sets a barrier to what I can do, because I’m only doing what I think people Would like. I’m not doing it to my utmost potential...I’m not letting go of preconceptions and creating something original.
Soo.. I think design should be free. Free of every assumption we’ve made before, so that the mind can take control with its full potential, OR, maybe the mind Doesn’t have to take control at all! I truly believe the sub-concious is something really powerful. Tried and tested, I draw better when I’m doing something else, like chatting on the phone... Kudos to HTI =) ! (thinking deep right now)
Hmm..my conception of creativity after coming into SD? I think I’ve begun to dive deeper into the realm of imagination. It’s like, I used to be just at the surface, skimming the top of the ocean of potential within my (real deep) mind. But now I’m diggin, digging and finding things I’ve never expected to have! That’s the great thing about SD. Cos its like, everyone has potential to do wonderful stuff, but its whether we get the chance to develop that potential. SD does that, so go go go SD! =)) Just hope the homework won’t kill us before that=p (hint hint to lecturers**)
Let not the mind be filled with only things poured into it, but let it pour awesome things out instead!
Hmm..that’s a tough question. Okay, maybe not so. I guess creativity is....well anything and everything! I agree with the idea that as we grow older, our creativity and imagination dwindle. We have more and more constraints to what we can think of, what we cannot think of, what we can do, what we Cannot do..etc, you get the point. I probably was ten times more imaginative ten years ago than I am now! The world shapes our view of ourselves, it compares us with others. We even compare ourselves! I mean, all these talk of ‘I confirm cannot make it (one lah)’ and ‘I’ll never be as good as him/her’, they all come from our own bad experiences, and of course, the worlds’ judgemental view on us.
I feel that we’ll all be much more creative if we didn’t care what people think of us and our designs. I admit, every time I start drawing, sketching my ideas, i have a thought stuck in my mind: ‘Would people like this?. That itself already staunches my creativity. It sets a barrier to what I can do, because I’m only doing what I think people Would like. I’m not doing it to my utmost potential...I’m not letting go of preconceptions and creating something original.
Soo.. I think design should be free. Free of every assumption we’ve made before, so that the mind can take control with its full potential, OR, maybe the mind Doesn’t have to take control at all! I truly believe the sub-concious is something really powerful. Tried and tested, I draw better when I’m doing something else, like chatting on the phone... Kudos to HTI =) ! (thinking deep right now)
Hmm..my conception of creativity after coming into SD? I think I’ve begun to dive deeper into the realm of imagination. It’s like, I used to be just at the surface, skimming the top of the ocean of potential within my (real deep) mind. But now I’m diggin, digging and finding things I’ve never expected to have! That’s the great thing about SD. Cos its like, everyone has potential to do wonderful stuff, but its whether we get the chance to develop that potential. SD does that, so go go go SD! =)) Just hope the homework won’t kill us before that=p (hint hint to lecturers**)
Let not the mind be filled with only things poured into it, but let it pour awesome things out instead!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
This is so not me =p
Here's the blog you've asked for cher! haha.. honestly, this is so not me. I got a personal blog but i only update it only like, once in a few months =pp
You see, I'm kinda abit of a goon at IT stuffs, I take forever to do something on the com..hehe. So to ask me to update every week as homework, hehe, that's gonna take quite alot! Of course..still gotta do it yea?
Wells, hope this blog will be enjoyable then, I'll try not to be so long-winded (blah blah blah...) =p Start reading me! ^^
You see, I'm kinda abit of a goon at IT stuffs, I take forever to do something on the com..hehe. So to ask me to update every week as homework, hehe, that's gonna take quite alot! Of course..still gotta do it yea?
Wells, hope this blog will be enjoyable then, I'll try not to be so long-winded (blah blah blah...) =p Start reading me! ^^
P.S. Can't find a nice pic of meself to post..all too paiseh!
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