BLOG: WHAT I THINK ABOUT CREATIVITY

Creativity? What is that? It's an ability to generate and perform new ideas or solutions to solve certain problems. Creativity obviously involves thinking because it doesn't come just like that. Moreover, creating something different is not easy. Creativity doesn't only include creating or inventing something but also how things are being developed. Things have to be seen in different ways in order to achieve this (for example, mathematical questions).

In my opinion, young kids and children have so-called pure creativity because they tend to do certain things (such as drawing, playing with plasticine and toys) which sometimes are 'out of the box'. We, adults sometimes don't even understand what they are trying to convey in whatever they are doing. Let's say a kid who just scratches the drawing paper with his painted hands. That would maybe get appreciated by a famous artist because it portrays creativity that has never been shown before. One serious problem that we face in our life as we are growing older and older is that we do the same thing in our daily routine such obeying the law, doing what people always tell us to do and going to the same place over and over again (school and office). This causes us to have the tendency to think the same as what other people think also. As a result, we tend to think that a chair is just for sitting, nothing more and nothing less. Meanwhile, small kids would see this chair in a different way, maybe as a living friend with four legs or a defending army fortress.

Therefore, people need to be criticised for getting creative. This helps creative people such as artists and designers to think more using their brains (well, people are considered creative at the moment they use their brains to think) in order to create competitive ideas which people would say, “Wow, unbelievable!”. Mobile phones can now be used for capturing images and video purposes. Who knows if these devices would transport us from one place to another next time? Creativity at times requires fantasy and impossible dreams to make certain things possible.

The image of three clean/neat looking toys posted

here shows the trend of popular yet demanding toys nowadays. Same goes to Bearbrick (bear-like 'Lego'). WHY ARE THEY SO POPULAR? This is because they are cute, simple, unique and interesting in so many endless designs (seriously, I really mean endless creative designs).

The pictures ( taken from a video called Cartoon Network Rebrand 2008/09) below show a creative presentation about some random cartoon characters. Why do I think that those images show creativity? It's obvious, isn't it? When you watch this video, creative transitions and characters' appearances make every single thing in that video so catchy. I bet viewers would agree with me! Screenshots taken from the video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lp-rHFKtpA .