16/6/2010

Today we learned that some of the things we think are creative are actually wrong. For starters, everyone is creative, especially children. But we are taught out of creativeness because our society don't think it's important. The class had an argument/debate about creative and fun. Most of us might say being creative is fun, but some say that that's only applies when you are working on an individual piece. Creative becomes not fun or tiresome when we have to work in a large industry where many ideas will clash and clients might not like your idea etc etc. For me, I think that it's all about the process, being able to give it your all during the process makes you even happier when you finally finished it. It's all about knowing how to insert fun in creativity.

From www.ravensbrain.com

The lecturer, Mr Yap told us that there are 2 types of task motivation, intrinsic motivation and extrinsic motivation. Intrinsic motivation is that creativity comes from within, that we naturally want to be creative. Extrinsic motivation is a creativity that comes by solving problems given to us. In other words creativity is generated by giving you a motivation from the outside. Mr Yap asks us which is more important, many said intrinsic, but I disagree. I think that talent can only go so far if you keep using it, and that's when extrinsic comes in. I think that I'm using my creativity to solve problems everyday, even if it doesn't seem creative to others. That's why Necessity is the mother of invention, complacency kills imagination. Without a necessity for solving problems, we won't need to use creativity, hence we lose imagination.

From sitemaker.umich.edu

There are also 2 ways of thinking, vertical thinking and lateral thinking. Vertical thinking is thinking done by many of us, it's like we think step by step, going up a ladder. There's a major problem in vertical thinking, is that there's only one way of thinking, you either go up the ladder or down the ladder, through the same route you went. You won't be able to think outside the box with vertical thinking. Lateral thinking however, is aka creative thinking. That means that you will think by jumping from one ladder to another, going round and round, think from A then C then back to B. We can think more creatively because you see more when you go horizontally.

From socialstudies.mpsedu.org

We also learn that in the design/creative industry, it's hard to claim full originality of our artworks. That's because our ideas come from seeing other people works or it clashes with another ones idea. In other words, there are no new ideas, only ideas that are a combination of old concepts/ideas.

In conclusion, creativity is an ability, an attitude and a process. We need some talent in creativity, we need to have the ability and attitude to work hard to achieve our goals, and most importantly, We must always take account into the process, because process is what makes the design. The more you work hard in the process, the better the design. 

This is my friend Jesynthia. For this week assignment we are required to photoshop a friend's photo. This is mine. Doesn't she look like a pop star???