Lesson 3: Method of Creative Thinking

What I learned in class:
Logical mind maps ---> able to persuade people
1.taking notes
2.research
3.generating main ideas

*sample of creative mind mapping --> Tony Buzan

-Focus on root idea and then branch it out.

Method of creative thinking:-
Logical mind map
- directly connected to stereotypes
-comprises of solely stereotype words
-every word/images : directly related to the central subject through its link.

Associated mind map - able to generate random words, show link which seemingly have no connection.
stereotyped - stereotyping, stereotypes.

Rule of mind mapping: knowing your subject

-ASKING THE RIGHT QUESTIONS

examples of creative mind maps:

goodyes and hellos

Why can't we get all the people together in the world that we really like and then just stay together? I guess that wouldn't work. Someone would leave. Someone always leaves and then we have to say good-bye. I hate good-byes. I know what I need. I need more hellos.
Charles M. Schulz
Snoopy in Peanuts

Ideas

Something I learnt in Media Production class :

How to generate ideas:

asking the question:

"WHAT IFs"

Asking the right questions.

"Do you love the idea?"

"Will your audience like the idea?"

There is no such thing is bad idea, but bad execution.

What we need.

I did not come for the lecture this week. But I manage to get some notes from my friends and by reading their blogs. I believe we learnt about:

Novelity,Creativity,Innovation and Invention

1. Creativity is something that is created to solve existing problem; some creation that is originally produced and has values.

2. Innovation is bringing new ideas or change. This needs a lot of research in order to come out with innovative ideas. It has to benobal

3. We need to have intelligence and wisdom to have all the four modalities in design field or even in life.

4. Creativity is achievable. It is not magic.

5. novelity is quality of being new. It exist in a subjective perspection.

*Points taken from : http://1081102454kaiwencreativejourney.wordpress.com/

I like the idea of creativity is achievable, it is not magic. I feel that creativity is everywhere. It's on how we achieve it and how we use this creativity.

Being innovative is very important as well. If the people before us were not innovative, we wouldn't have inventions like the telephone, electricity and many more. Who would have known that it's possible to create a machine that is able to connect to people who are million of miles away? It's being innovative that we can be creative in creating something different and new.

I feel that novelity, creativity, innovation and invention are all very important for us creative students and even for other people. As there are the many fundamentals in helping us to achieve our goals, and the possibility of creating something different and fresh.