Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition can be defined as placing two variable, side by side and their contrast or similarity are shown through comparison. Many creative processes rely on juxtaposition. By juxtaposing two objects or words next to each other, human brain will automatically associate or transfer meaning. Usually ‘turning’ something familiar to something less familiar or vice-versa.

Juxtaposition seems like such a hard word, doesn't it, but it is a concept quite easily grasped when explained to you using pictures. Basically it means capturing the relationship between subjects in a photo so that each part of the image has some bearing on and relativity to the other. There is another word in photography which means just that but at the end of this post I'll direct you to another site and that site will contain a link to a post which reveals the word to you. It's all the excitement of the learning process, seeing is doing.

This is the website about juxtaposition. They shows the art there. They such a creative people.

http://www.juxtaposition.org/home.html

Mind Mapping

Mind mapping

Introduced by Tony Buzan is a great tool for idea generation and brainstorming. It enhance both sides of the human brain and widely used in taking notes, research or generating new ideas. A creative Mind Map is able to stimulate and create interest to the individual and also to the viewer.

This is how or steps to do a mind map:

1. Start in the center with an image of the topic, using at least 3 colors.
2. Use images, symbols, codes, and dimensions throughout your Mind Map.
3. Select key words and print using upper or lower case letters.
4. Each word/image is best alone and sitting on its own line.
5. The lines should be connected, starting from the central image. The central lines are thicker, organic and flowing, becoming thinner as they radiate out from the centre.
6. Make the lines the same length as the word/image they support.
7. Use multiple colors throughout the Mind Map, for visual stimulation and also to encode or group.
8. Develop your own personal style of Mind Mapping.
9. Use emphasis and show associations in your Mind Map.
10. Keep the Mind Map clear by using radial hierarchy, numerical order or outlines to embrace your branches.

After I learned in class, I found out that by doing a mind map, we can open up our ideas with a wide vision. We can see that everything in the mind map are related directly or indirectly.

Mortar and Pestle

A mortar and pestle is a tool used to crush, grind, and mix solid substances (trituration). The pestle is a heavy bat-shaped object, the end of which is used for crushing and grinding. The mortar is a bowl, typically made of hard wood, ceramic or stone. The substance to be ground is placed in the mortar and ground, crushed or mixed with the pestle.

In the olden day, mortars and pestles were traditionally used in pharmacies to crush various ingredients prior to preparing an extemporaneous prescription. For pharmaceutical use, the mortar and the head of the pestle are usually made of porcelain, while the handle of the pestle is made of wood. This is known as a Wedgwood mortar and pestle and originated in 1779. Today the act of mixing ingredients or reducing the particle size is known as trituration. Mortars and pestles are also used as drug parapernalia to grind up pills to speed up absorption when they are ingested, or in preparation for insufflation.

Novelty, Creativity, Innovation AND Invention

The creative person is one who generates new ideas while the creative process is how these new ideas, solutions, and inventions are produced. It is said that, we are all naturally creative. From poetry to building a house, from computer programming to humor, from music to science, creativity is manifested in a variety of different ways. The aim is to understand the complexity of creativity and to comprehend its mystery through a structured program of learning.

Novelty

Novelty is the quality of being new. Although it may be said to have an objective dimension for example like a new style of art coming into being, such as abstract art or impression, it essentially exists in the subjective perceptions of individuals.

Creativity

Creativity as everybody know, it is about new ideas or the action of everyone takes. Every step that people take is the creativity of their own.

Innovation

Innovation is the process of making improvements by introducing something new, the realization of a creative idea in a social context and an idea or invention is translated into a good or service for which people will pay. Innovation can therefore be seen as the process that renews something that exists and not, as is commonly assumed, the introduction of something new. Furthermore this makes clear innovation is not an economic term by origin, but dates back to the Middle Ages at least.

Invention

Invention is a creative process. Inventors are those who take existing knowledge and create new ideas An open and curious mind enables one to see beyond what is known. Seeing a new possibility, a new connection or relationship can spark an invention. Inventive thinking frequently involves combining concepts or elements from different realms that would not normally be put together. Sometimes inventors skip over the boundaries between distinctly separate territories or fields. Ways of thinking, materials, processes or tools from one realm are used as no one else has imagined in a different realm.

"The best way to predict your future is to create it!"

- Abraham Lincoln

Left and Right Brain

Right Brain vs. Left Brain

This theory of the structure and functions of the mind suggests that the two different sides of the brain control two different “modes” of thinking. It also suggests that each of us prefers one mode over the other. Experimentation has shown that the two different sides, or hemispheres, of the brain are responsible for different manners of thinking. The following table illustrates the differences between left-brain and right-brain thinking:

Left Brain		Right Brain
Logical Sequential Rational Analytical Objective Looks at parts		Random Intuitive Holistic Synthesizing Subjective Looks at wholes

There is one way to know whether you are more into right or left brain. I learned it from my lecturer. Open up both of your hands, then together it, and you will know which side of brain are you by look at which thumbs either right or left is at the top. If left on the top, then you are left brain and so do other side.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtztrcGkCBw

This video shows that this young man are left brain. Because he is CREATIVE!

What is Creative?

According to wikipedia, "Creativity refers to the phenomenon whereby a person creates something new (a product, a solution, a work of art etc.) which has some kind of value. What counts as "new" may be in reference to the individual creator, or to the society or domain within which the novelty occurs. What counts as "valuable" is similarly defined in a variety of ways.Scholarly interest in creativity ranges widely: the relationship between creativity and general intelligence; the mental and neurological processes associated with creative activity; personality type and creative ability; creativity and mental health; creativity in education; and ways of fostering creativity through training and technology."

But it is not creativity we are talking about here. It is CREATIVE. Anything we do can be creative. The only thing that shows us it is creative or not is how people surround us responds to the thing that we do. In example from the words that we said, there are sometimes people will laugh and sometimes not. If they are laughing then you can call yourself as a creative person. Other than that, let say I ask you "what is your name?" from that kind of question, you can create a lot of ideas of answers. Well I learned this during my lecture time. Haha. Am I creative when I took others idea as mine? Well the answer is yes. Creative people know how to easily manipulate others ideas. In example like China, they can do many things of things. Just name it then they will do it. That is why many products came from China. Even a smartphones, they can easily imitate it. In Malaysia, we can find imitation things in Petaling Street in Kuala Lumpur. Creative right?