Mortar n Pestle

 

Pestle can be used as a tool to paint on a canvas. Its wooden surface texture will be able to make unique patterns.

 

Used as a less-messy way to trap mice.

360º VIEW

 

The above shown mind map on myself is constructed using an evaluation method as described in Your Weekly Tutor: 360º View 

It is based on my observations and experience on how people tend to perceive me even though those perceptions are neither right nor wrong. I find this approach quite unique, and serves as a good guide to have a development plan for myself.

Creativity and Novelty | Invention and Innovation

Creativity and Novelty

Novelty is considered as an essential factor of being creative; It is  the quality of offering a new and unusual experience through conception. As I have mentioned in the previous post, It is said that there are no new ideas. They are simply ideas derived from existing concepts. Therefore, one might question the genuineness of the term, Novelty. The answer itself lies within us. When we are referring to something new, it is necessary for us to understand for whom precisely it is new. Even though a particular idea is quite common to a group of people, it can be completely new and fresh to another. Hence, Novelty is obtained in the subjective perceptions of individuals. 

This can be further explained using a simple yet complicated process we come across in our lives. Every young person at some point go through an emotional roller coaster when they hit puberty. It is a completely new and unusual experience for them, but for the human race at large it is a biological or physiological process that every adult went through, and it has been like that since the beginning of man kind.

“Invention is the first occurrence

of an idea for a new product or process, while innovation

is the first attempt to carry it out into practice”

Fagerberg J. (2004). “Innovation: A Guide to the Literature”

Invention and Innovation
 

There is a thin line between invention and innovation, given the fact that both are inter-related with the formation of concepts in reality. Invention can be perceived as a transformation of creative thoughts in to tangible ideas, where as innovation is the practical application of inventions, changed in a way that gives certain products or processes marketable values. Even a great invention has a higher probability of failure if it lacked practicability. Therefore, innovators often come up with ways to distribute the invention among the people in another form, which is affordable, flexible and improved in terms of quality.

iPod can be considered as an instructive example for a great innovation, which became widely popular among every age group due to its multi-functional features employed within.

Outside The Box...

To cope with everyday life people tend to find the need for thinking creatively. It's a process that enables us to turn new imaginative ideas into reality in order to solve problems, produce works of art and unveil endless paths to a new life. The phenomena of creativity can be defined in many ways given the fact that different people perceive it in different ways. Regardless of the various definitions that were given, the core concept mainly lies on the natural instinctual desire that generates within human beings. Therefore, one could not possibly say he/she is not creative, when creativity is something more like a calm water surface, which you might want to stir a bit to see the glamorous shimmering patterns caused by the reflection.

One's creativity is enhanced only when it is used regularly. The more you tend to use it the more you train your self to look at things in different perspectives. The things we see around us are results of creative thinking that was, in most cases, initiated by combining old concepts and observations. Hence, our creativity is based on what already being created or at least thought of creating in the future.

Thinking inside a specific frame deprives you of endless streaks of thoughts, as you restrict your thinking into some extent. That explains why children have a great tendency of showing a wide range of thoughts and imaginations through their creative expressions, which happen to be simply amusing. In the creative thinking process it is advisable to avoid following a certain criteria or guidelines, in order to discover the portal to a higher realm of conception.

outside the box from joseph Pelling on Vimeo.

"Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than in the one where they sprung up."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes