Wow!! 2nd week of Creative Studies already? Unbelievable. Time really fly like an arrow or maybe like a rocket! Anyway, time isn't the topic for this week and I ain't going to elaborate on this. This week's class was conducted by only one lecturer and the lecturer is...... Mr. Yap! I really like him because he can conducts his class without letting anyone fall asleep as his way of conducting lectures is always funny and creative.

Creativity? Do you think it is a simple and understandable word? Hrmmm… for me it is a complex and special word. Ok! Hoop on the time travel machine together with me and travel back to the past! Why do I say so? This is because since few thousand years ago, people at the past already involved their “Creativity” in their life. Without their creativity, there will be nothing at all now. They used their creativity in creating tools for hunting, mining and plantations. Not only that, language, transportation and communications also created creatively by them. When their creativity bloomed at their age, they able to evolve their tools using creativity and this evolution is continues until now!

Guess what? The first topic for this week is……………. 5 words that associate and another 5 words that do not associate with Creativity. Basically is just a few words that comes to your mind when you think of “Creativity”.

OK. Now I will begin with 5 words that associate with “Creativity”.

First words that came to my mind is……… DESIGN.

Of course this is the first word that comes to everyone’s mind. What is the most important thing or element in a design of a thing? For me, the most important element must be creativity of the design. Without any creativity, the “thing” will dull and unable to attract anyone’s attention. The ability of attracting somebody attention enable the value of the “thing” to increase and make itself more valuable.

And now the second word is.........................GAME.

Not the sport game, not field game but the computer games or video games. Yeap, I'am a gamer and I love to play many kinds of computer games such as action games, strategic games, RPG games and many more. Why I will think of "Game" when it comes to the word "creativity"? hrmmm... This is simply because nowadays there are many computer games that are selling in the market and only the one which is creative enough to come out with new ideas, new concepts and new things able to stand out and win. To survive the battle, some game developers use their creativity to challenge this situation and they manage to produce outstanding results. Example of successful games in the market that are produced by the creativity of the producer is, Patapon and Angry Birds. Me, myself like to play computer games that are with new ideas or concepts because it will not be boring or similar to other game. Furthermore, my ambition is become a game developer so this brand new concept games serve as the references and key for me to success in future. Hence, I related creativity with games.


Patapon: Game with New Concept

One of the example of new concept games,

PATAPON

★ A video game that combines features of rhythms games and god games.

★ This game presented in a cartoonish, silhouetted two-dimensional environment

★ Player plays as a deity that commands an army of caricatured miniature tribal creatures by beating traditional talking drums.

ANGRY BIRDS

★combination of addictive gameplay, comical style, and low price

★ "one of the great runaway hits of 2010"

Wew~ the third one is............. SUSHI

Curious about why I think sushi will associate with the word "creativity"? At first, I didn't think of it at the class but when I went to a sushi shop for a dinner with my family, I got this idea when I saw those special made sushi. I bet you may be questioning why I say sushi is associated with "creativity". Pictures explain better than words.

Example of creative sushi that I found on Google:


Variety of Creative Sushi

"Panda" Sushi

"Laptop" Sushi

Fourth word is.................... DESSERTS

"Food again?" I think you will be saying this. Yea! Any problem with food? Creativity not only present in design in building, art, or products, it also present in food! Nowadays, people not only demand for the taste of the food only, the look of the food is also quite important as it serves to get the attention from the consumers and the look of the food may also be affecting the appetite of the consumers. Hence, when I think of the word "creativity", "dessert" pops out in my mind. Let's see some example of creative dessert I found on Google. I believe that now Culinary Art also look into the "creative" element seriously.

And now, the last word is................... GOD

Of course! God is so creative that He create the world that we now live in. He is the creator of all of the things and creatures in this world. Everything in this have their own characteristics, size and shape. There are also different characteristics, looks, size and shape between human even though we are the same kind! So, God is so creative and He use his creativity to create we that different in many ways so that we are not the same to each other. If God is not creative enough, we might be all end up with the same look, just like the robot! God also uses His creativity to create such wonderful and impressive nature's beauty. Natural phenomena such as rainbow, rain, lightning, storm, aurora and many more are made by creativity of our God in order to enrich our life. Hence, God surely is associated with "creativity".

It is quite easy to think of 5 words that associate with "Creativity" but it seem that I have some trouble to think of the other 5 words that doesn't associate with it. Well, I guess other people also having the same problem with me so....... I think I will try my best to find out these 5 words.

Here goes the other 5 words that doesn't associate with "Creativity".

What should I put for the first word. Maybe................. DULL.

Hah! This is the first word that comes to my mind. When you hear the word dull, you will feel like, " Awwwwww...... so boring..... " or feel like nothing new, common... not unique. I believe everyone feel the same. When I hear of this word, it gives me a feeling like it is just simple, common and I very sure that it has nothing related to creative nor creativity. So, Dull is definitely a word that not associated with "creativity".

The second word is.................. LIMITATION.

If there is a limitation in anything, there will be a some blockage or restriction that will prevent us from doing what we really want to do. Same goes to our own creativity, if there is a limitation in certain area that can limit us from doing it, we cannot use all our creativity or sometimes all of our creativity may be banned. Limitation also make us feel stress or helpless when doing something as we will be worry about whether we can achieved our target or not. Combining the 2 things I have mentioned before, I think limitation really is a word that does not associate with "creativity".

The third word I think of is...................... BLANK.

Blank? Indeed. Blank has the meaning of empty. When someone say about their mind are blank, they are refering to the have no ideas or run out of idea or don't know how to solve a problem. In this case, we can link the word "Blank" to "Creativity" because if they run out of ideas, that means that their mind are empty and fail to carry out creative thinking and this cause them to lose their creativity for temporary.

Running out of idea..... Hrmmm... Fourth one is............... FORMAL.

Meaning of formal is something that done in accordance with rules of convention or etiquette and it is suitable for or constituting an official or important situation or occasion. Hence, creativity is not suitable to fit in with something that is formal or else it will be rejected by most of the people. People that are older or a bit close-minded that are already used to formal, they hard to accept new things or ideas that came from creativity of someone. Hence, formal is totally not associated with creativity.

Finally, the last one is................................CULTURE.

Culture is something that definitely cannot be altered or changed. Everyone must follow their own culture as it is the things that is passed down by our ancestors since many years ago. Although we can do it in a simplify way but we can never do any changes to it because we need to respect our culture and also ancestors. Hence, creativity is not applicable in this area as it will not be accepted by most of the people.

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After the 10 words, Mr. Yap gave us to watch a short video that is about a talk by Ken Robinson on TED in Feb 2006 and he wanted us to respond and reflect to this talk.

Sir. Ken Robinson

After I listened to this talk, I felt so inspired and what Sir. Ken Robinson talked on the stage is extremely important and everyone have to pay attention to it. Sir. Ken Robinson brilliant challenged the ways of normal education systems that apply in every country in the world. Impressive. The title of the talk is" Creativity is as Important as in Education as Literacy and We Should Treat It in A Same Status".

Sir. Ken Robinson had pointed out that every country has the same hierarchy of subjects which is Mathematics and languages at the top and humanity is at the bottom of the art. This is clearly states that subjects such as art and humanity that the government of a country feels that it is not as important as the sciences, mathematics and languages subjects and doesn't give any contribution to the development of their country is always put aside. Without any exceptions, it also happens in my country Malaysia. In the secondary school, there are two main streams that we can choose when we reach Form 4 after we take our PMR and the 2 streams are Science streams and Art streams. The first, second and third class is the class for the science streams students but after the third class it is known as the Art streams class. This is so unfair that science streams always occupy the first class which is usually been look up by all of the people even the teachers in school while the art students that are in the fourth class and below hardly get attention from any people and they also being look down by the other people. This causes great humiliation to them. Why this situation is appearing and it is an unacceptable situation now. Creative as the symbol for art should be treat the same with the other as Sir. Ken Robinson said, " The whole world is under revolution."

In his talk, he also spoke about parents doesn't let their children to get in touch with their favourite subjects that they think are useless in the future with a reason which is children will not get a job or good work in the future. They only encourage them only to pay attention with those subjects that are useful in future such as science, mathematics and geography. "Don't do music, you won't be a musician. Don't do art, you won't be artist." These are the example of parents discourage their child to involve themselves in creative path that gave by Sir. Ken Robinson. For example, Me, myself had also encountered with such situation before. I am a Science streams student and my father hoped that I can become a doctor or a pharmacist in future. But unfortunately, I don't really like to study and I know that to become a doctor, I need to study a lot and memorizes tons of scientific names and theories and this will kill me! So, I told my father that I wanted to study Creative Multimedia and become a Game Developer or Animator in future and the result is my father angry me for a week. He said," study art is useless and completely waste of time! Become a doctor so that you have a brighter future!" What a horrible experience. What I want to point out is that, many parents still stick to the idea that only doctor, lawyer and engineer can have a bright future and can earn a lot of money while those who study art and become artists or musicians will end up become a failure. Now, the world is under revolution and this out-dated idea must be eliminated in order to follow the pace of the revolution. Everyone should dump away this rotten idea because art is as important as science. Creativity is the key to success now.

If you want to find out more about this talk, you may also follow this link ------ http://www.ted.com/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html.

Thank you. :D

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Saturday, 3 November 2012

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