Week 1 : Monday-10 Nov 08
Day one, new semester, the last one.
The class finished in less than 1 hour.Pffftt...Im so impressed with the lecturer. so energetic.but what was his name again?i dont know.i came late. ngeee.My bad.
Referring to the course outline again, this 2 dedicated lecturers are Mr Radzi Bedu and Ms. Helena Song. :)
When i entered the classroom, he already started to mention the list of the folks from the past..Einstein,Alexander GB..Gandhi ..etc etc.Those who were using their right brain extensively.Some of the names i even never heard before or even recognize their faces..I know, i suck at history.very.Oh, the subject is called ' Creative Studies'.. but what does it relates with the history?well..maybe i should start to think in a creative way by now.
He also mentioned, it is ok to spell a.y.a.m and pronounced it chicken.Its the same thing anyway.
Well, its kinda interesting;the subject.Looking forward to learn more.
We have been told that we will be having the in class activity.So, for the first class, here are the activities:
1.Given a big square divide into 4 small squares,we have to take 2 lines away to form only 2 squares.
I was hardly thinking and thinking, trying and trying.When Mr. Radzi came to my desk, i showed him the 2 lines that ive been taken away.But, opppsss sorry! wrong answer!
After a few minutes, he had showed the answer at the screen..
Tadaaa....
Take these 2 lines off.. ( Oh my, why i didnt think of that? :D )
Now, here's the 2 squares after 2 lines have been taken away.Simple and tricky.
2. Connect 4 lines from 9 dots.do not lift the pen tip when making the lines.
Nahh..this one was easy :) , Why? bacause i've already exposed to this trick during the courses that ive been attended since during my highschool time.. :)
To Define the Creativity,
First, lets look at the definition from the general view.
(Article taken from Wikipedia)
Creativity is a mental and social process involving the generation of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts. An alternative conception of creativeness is that it is simply the act of making something new.
From a scientific point of view, the products of creative thought (sometimes referred to as divergent thought) are usually considered to have both originality and appropriateness.
Although intuitively a simple phenomenon, it is in fact quite complex. It has been studied from the perspectives of behavioural psychology, social psychology, psychometrics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, philosophy, history, economics, design research, business, and management, among others. The studies have covered everyday creativity, exceptional creativity and even artificial creativity. Unlike many phenomena in science, there is no single, authoritative perspective or definition of creativity. And unlike many phenomena in psychology, there is no standardized measurement technique.
Creativity has been attributed variously to divine intervention, cognitive processes, the social environment, personality traits, and chance ("accident", "serendipity"). It has been associated with genius, mental illness and humour. Some say it is a trait we are born with; others say it can be taught with the application of simple techniques. Creativity has also been viewed as a beneficence of a muse or Muses.
Although popularly associated with art and literature, it is also an essential part of innovation and invention and is important in professions such as business, economics, architecture, industrial design, science and engineering.
Despite, or perhaps because of, the ambiguity and multi-dimensional nature of creativity, entire industries have been spawned from the pursuit of creative ideas and the development of creativity techniques.
Creativity has been associated with right or forehead brain activity or even specifically with lateral thinking.
Some students of creativity have emphasized an element of chance in the creative process. Linus Pauling, asked at a public lecture how one creates scientific theories, replied that one must endeavor to come up with many ideas — then discard the useless ones.
Another adequate definition of creativity is that it is an "assumptions-breaking process." Creative ideas are often generated when one discards preconceived assumptions and attempts a new approach or method that might seem to others unthinkable.
To define creativity with my own words,
when someone told you , " create an object by using your own creativity.."
one should start digging their brain to search for the idea that is fresh, the idea that no one has ever think, the idea that is new, rare, unique.
Everyone surely got brain, but of course everybody think differently.Therefore, maybe some of the idea that we think unique to us might be unreasonable for others.
So, we should make sure we have to find a good explanation for every idea that has we brought up as we dug out the idea in forming our creativity.
(Video: Hand expression)
How impressive it is huh? :)
Who ever that invented this really had a very creative brain and imagination..:)
At the end of the class, Mr Radzi told that each of us must have at least a book to write a journal for this subject.
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