Lesson 4: Logical Mind Map 2 (Thinking out of Sterotype)

Today Creative studies class was also learned about logical mind map but in a very different way. En.Radzi taught us how to create something new by just using the mind map and also teached us how to think out of Sterotype.


Then he show us

Mortar and Pestle

What is mortar and pestle?

Mortar and pestle is  is a tool used to crush, grind, and mix solid substances. 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, marble, clay, or stone. The substance to be ground is placed in the mortar and ground, crushed or mixed with the pestle.

Below is the class exercise we did during the class.

my drawing

Fashion

Mortar as hat and pestle as ear ring

Heaven

mortar as angle's shoes and pestle as angle's stick

Girl

mortar and pestle as a nail polish

A different way to show our creativity.

Lesson 3: Logical Mind Map

This week, our lecturer taught us about mind mapping and we have to do the mind map, the title is about yourself.

1st, we have to understand what is mind map.
The elements of a given mind map are arranged intuitively according to the importance of the concepts, and are classified into groupings, branches, or areas, with the goal of representing semantic or other connections between portions of information. Mind maps may also aid recall of existing memories.

By presenting ideas in a radial, graphical, non-linear manner, mind maps encourage a brainstorming approach to planning and organizational tasks. Though the branches of a mindmap represent hierarchical tree structures, their radial arrangement disrupts the prioritizing of concepts typically associated with hierarchies presented with more linear visual cues. This orientation towards brainstorming encourages users to enumerate and connect concepts without a tendency to begin within a particular conceptual framework.

The mind map can be contrasted with the similar idea of concept mapping. The former is based on radial hierarchies and tree structures denoting relationships with a central governing concept, whereas concept maps are based on connections between concepts in more diverse patterns.

Some example of Creative mind map: 

sources from: google image


And this is the mind map done by myself. 

about myself

Lesson 2: Defining Novelty, Innovation and Invention

In the class, the lecturer had showed us some video about the 4 things.In order to create o produce something new in our life, we need to have creativity.

NoveltyNovelty (derived from Latin word novus for "new") is the quality of being new. Although it may be said to have an objective dimension (e.g. a new style of art coming into being, such as abstract art orimpressionism) it essentially exists in the subjective perceptions of individuals.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty)

example for Novelty:

A novelty toy

Innovation
Innovation is a new way of doing something or "new stuff that is made useful". It may refer to incremental and emergent or radical and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations. Following Schumpeter (1934), contributors to the scholarly literature on innovation typically distinguish between invention, an idea made manifest, and innovation, ideas applied successfully in practice. In many fields, such as the arts, economics and government policy, something new must be substantially different to be innovative. In economics the change must increase value, customer value, or producer value. The goal of innovation is positive change, to make someone or something better. Innovation leading to increased productivity is the fundamental source of increasing wealth in an economy.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation)

example for Innovation:

Invention
An invention is a new composition, device, or process. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing model or idea, or it could be independently conceived in which case it may be a radical breakthrough. In addition, there is cultural invention, which is an innovative set of useful social behaviors adopted by people and passed on to others.Inventions often extend the boundaries of human knowledge or experience.
An invention that is novel and not obvious to others skilled in the same field may be able to obtain the legal protection of a patent.

example for Invention:

Creativity

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. Creativity is fueled by the process of either conscious or unconsciousinsight. An alternative conception of creativeness ( besed on its etymology) is that it is simply the act of making something new.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity)

Lesson 1: Defining Creativity

Creativity is a mental process involving the discovery of new ideas orconcepts, or new associations of the existing ideas or concepts, fueled by the process of either conscious or unconscious insight.

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, aesthetics, history, economics, design research, business, andmanagement, 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, cognitiveprocesses, the social environment, personality traits, and chance("accident", "serendipity"). It has been associated with genius, mental illness, humour and REM sleep. 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, graphic design, advertising, mathematics, music, science and engineering, and teaching.

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 ofcreativity techniques.

some creative image from internet: 

Friend's creative images: