Monday, 2 September 2013

New week begins..

    This week's project was really exciting for me. It's a command for us to make captions and stories about the journey and synesthesia. I chose water for this time, it crossed my mind that afternoon. And i just started to begin the story. 


If I Were You.. Perfectly completing what’s been empty.


  Sometimes, people forget you just like that. Even though you did something really big to our lives, even the biggest influence in this world is because of you. And I really think so hard, what if I were you?







Here I am. Standing still on the road, the rain has just poured me down, i felt it so cold right on my head. And people just passed through me, when I was full because of a rainy season.




















No one could ever pay their attention for my pouring tears, until it gets dry as nothing was just happening. At this kind of time, i really can taste the plainness of the rainy day. 

















And when people only use me for the park’s fountain, they never tried to look at my wets, I’m tired for going up and down by the machine below me. They're giving me such a harsh touch for that. 


























But life goes round, some big company process me into something sparkling and expensive to be sold in some fine restaurants. And I’ll be called, a sparkling cold water. And i feel so gold. I feel people will pay high just to enjoy me. 


















But then, in a view different minutes, people will wipe me away from the table, because I cant still for a long sequence in a cold form. I feel so useless.


















And here’s me, in a dishes washer place. The coldness of the crane water doesn't really stop their activity to clean their dishes. The maid always let me flow freely, without thinking how they need me so badly.























For this one? here is the hardest part of my life. They put me in a plastic glass and pour me to fill it in, then they drop a very black ink. Bitter, blurry, dirty, and valueless. It feels like they punch me out for a hundred times. Painting time is the most painful activity.














       For me, to be something to clean peoples’ “sins” is the best part of my life. They’ll feel better after having a quality time with me in a warm form.




















But not in this kind of case. I feel the chemical substances filling in my fragile body. People use me to clean all the oils, and the smells of seasonings are too sharp for me.



















Their feet also usually cleaned by me. From every single steps they have taken, they’ll come back to me again, seeking for the purity.

















The way the take care of me is when they boiled me in a water purifying machine. And treat me so well, when they pour me carefully into their glass.




















​But sometimes they shake me unstoppably, I’ll be very happy if they appreciate me by drink me well. Not like this, some kids like to play with me, and hurting me instead. So grey and blurry, those two words are the only words to describe how the "game" blows me away. 

















For me, they’re saying sorry by carrying me everywhere they go. I feel really loved In these kinds of situations. Because people need me so much.
















Forgiven but not forgotten. Right words for those who can’t treat me well. They waste me for their such troublesome behaviour.



















Here I am again, different days, different story, different place, but in the same rainy season. I’m pulling out the best of me. For plants, animal, and human perhaps.















“Roses are red, violets are blue.
Sunsets may fade, but my heart keeps it’s hue. “ –Jessica
I’m not spotting this window for a long time, but I feel emotionally grateful, when I see some people love to the dots of the raindrops on their window.






















    “Go with the flow..” That’s how I know about myself. I cant stop myself from going with the flow, wherever I go. I’m not a faithful follower, because sometimes I “fail” myself along the journey.














And ya, in another place and case, here I am. In a different ways. I was packed by some company, to be a mineral water. Not as the sparkling water, Its me for daily, in a cheaper way.




















Here is the other form of me. They called me ice cube. Some people even cant let their eyes off me. Their tongue needs m as well. But the process? It’s feezinggggg.. But in the end, I’ll go back to my first form again.



















        But this is me. I’m not a water, even I don’t look alike water, at all. I only can stare, use, drink, and save the water.
Then I stopped my impossible thoughts that afternoon as the rain keeps falling down slowly. "It's not blue, it's orange." :) 








Monday, 26 August 2013

What to post is how you think, and how you think is what you post :D

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              Right this one is also a good invention. It's such a brilliant idea in combining a modern machine and a mineral to drink. Its really "match" for this kind instant lifestyle. It means like no need to use spoon to stir your coffee or milk, or whatever you have. The characteristic is quite different too i think, but in this case, i'm sure you need a  battery to keep it still on. It doesn't look like something that has been "forced", but they have a really intensive connection between them. If i have one oneday, i'll change the cover of the mug, perhaps. hiihhi 






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              This picture? I got this suddenly from google when i searched about the forced perspective. It doesnt look like having 2 contrast functions right? But people called it a forced perspective. It's combining idea  the art of photography and also a skill to have a point of view to think this further. If we can see from some point of view, the pizza tower's about to fall then the ladies legs are the only support and prop. Really good combination, isn't it? You just have to think further and more unusual to make this kind of forced perspective. 






                                         

          Ok, i chose this picture because its really smart and such an environmental inventions. For these years of modernity, everybody needs something small, fast, clean, and functional. Especially for those who like to travel around the world or spend their time for the nature activities. Just like this picture, that blue stick can pure all water from any sources with some suck. It will work automatically as you use that blue stick like a straw. This is what i think the most incredible part. Combining the machine and the mineral to be something useful and cheap. So its not a "must" to buy a mineral water. 






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           Still at the same time, same date and day. It looks like a tie obviously right? personally for me the pattern looks complicated and and unique. And that's what bring a high selling value to it. This is not an ordinary tie actually, it has the other function and its good for an engineer to wear, because the unique pattern is actually a computer circuit. And its still working, according to the article where i got this picture from. So the tie becomes really functional and really hard to find. And i think its really connected with this week's theme, the forced connections. Which is to combine what is really different for one big example. 







            Looks cute, isn't it? It's a multifunction mug. But the article called it a biscuit pocket mug. The weight is not that heavy, the colour is so clean, and the function is not only one. I think the inventor was thinking about how to have a tea or coffee time without using any small plate to carry the cake or biscuits. And his idea formed really good i think. Because simple is capable. So the mug has more than one capabilities then the combination of the functions and the basic material really unite as one. Because usually mug and the plate are always separately served. 









           You can see a parachute kind of hand bag in that picture. Do you know that it has so many function because of the materials combination? This bag is combining a polyminate, latex, and a normal fabric. For me, its a must thing to have for girls. Because it has a motto "3 in 1" from the brand. The first function, you can use it to carry your cosmetics because the materials are not easily to get dirty, second one, you can use it as your lunch box bag, because you can keep your foods warm inside the bag, then you can use it for your daily activities, because it looks fashionable too. 






It's 6th week already !


"It is called forced connections because relies on random external triggers that force people to make a connection between the problem at hand and the trigger. These triggers cause people to broaden their perspective. " 

Just grabbed those words from http://www.ems.ucsb.edu hihhihi

But in a simple way, forced connections is connecting or combining things to be useful or even un-useful things. With brain storming thoughts and mind mapping.
For me, this week's theme is gonna be fun!
And here are some photos of my activities during this week, and its related to Forced Connection.




     I took this photo by my self this morning. It was such a game, which was using creativity, brainstorming, mind mapping, and ofcourse forced connections. My group was taking those picture randomly. And we picked pineapple and comb. The teacher asked us to brainstorm what can me make by combining a comb and pineapple. We made it at least 30 and picked the top 4 to be presented. 







                 Here's my random drawing of today's activity. Pineapple and comb. Me and my group called it a pineapple brush. It's separately used to comb and pineapple? Its normally a dessert hahaha... Their textures are really different and not related obviously. But here we tried to combine them as one and make it useful. The reason why we made it as a pineapple brush is because the comb is basically use to brush someone's hair, right? And pineapple is containing vitamin A and C. And for your information, vitamin A is good for your hair. So the first benefit, we can get a unique comb, then we'll the vitamin A for our hair, and we can also get the naturally scratch by the hard texture of the pineapple's leafs everytime you comb your hair. 







                 At the same date. I was thinking of the skin use of the pineapple and also the brush of the comb. This picture was the last 3 pictures of today's activities. On that very top one, i imagined that how the hard leafs of the pineapple can be stuck on the edges of the comb then become a house cleaner thingy. And the second picture was the big skinned pineapple as a comb holder (its more than one) with a simple way. Just stick it around the pineapple. And my last picture is a pineapple water ladle with a comb holder. hehhee never heard before? Just make the pineapple into half pieces and make the hole in the middle of the pineapple, then you can use it as a water ladle.  






Source: www.awesomeinventions.com

           27 of August 2013. I really wish i could have this awesome inventions. Can you imagine, you'll have a fruit juice extractor? No need to blend or smash it manually, you can just put the extractor on the fruit, then you can get the extract easily. Individually, the have a different function, but when they become one, they become more helpful and unique. Ofcourse we can use any other fruits then take their extract, and it can be different characteristic too. Really need to buy this one! 









Wednesday, 21 August 2013

yayyy yayyy i'm gonna finish this 5th week journal!

Today is 21st of August 2013.
And i continuing my latest posts for this 5th week.
I just refreshed my mind, and got some new fresh ideas (from pictures) about the lateral thinking things.




         I took this picture when i surfed the internet. And i got stick to its title , " In Which a Rose is Not a Rose"which really gave me a really good first impression. Personally, i like this picture because the arts are so improved by the creative skill of the artist, laterally. The artist, DeFeo has long been one of those one-hit wonders of the artworld. Mainly because of her painting "The Rose," which being over ten feet tall, close to a foot thick, and allegedly weighing upwards to a ton. is not so much a painting as a laboriously crafted sculptural bas-relief that happened to be made out of paint.  This reason makes me amazed of him, until he's known well as a lateral artist. 








             Those lovely hanging photos are really decorating a wedding event in a solid and gorgeous way. I love the idea from their creative team, how to use what should've be in a trash to be a valuable and pretty things such as those things. I think in this case, we can say it's a laterally creative arts. Because they're must be containing so many memories, and moments. And besides that, they're collecting loves and passions, not only just a hanging photo. 






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            This xoxo game made me think how the creator would be this creative. Or how the players should be the winner or looser from this simple game? Big thanks to the creator. hihi because i love to play this game too. Its even since i was a child. Any way, those red circles are out of their way. That shows how some winners can think laterally creative and smartly won the game. That's how the game relates to a lateral thinking session. 






Monday, 19 August 2013

Just keep going..

It's still the 5th week of my uni life. And i'll continue to post some pictures of lateral thinking, and everything that connected to it.


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         These coconuts look ordinary, right? But in some situations, they'll be very helpful. My first picture from the creative thinking class yesterday was using these two coconuts as the cup for the Oscar dress. And the theme was a bit more about "hulala" thingy. Or we can say it as the Hawaiian dress. And this idea was obviously would be the very first thought for every people, when those question comes out. It was my first exercise to understand how to think laterally. Or think besides using the coconut as the cup, which is very ordinary. And sorry for not showing up mine and my groups' sketches, it's not good enough to be shown. But i've got the example from google. hehehe

Tadaa!!!!! Its only the picture for the top hehehe






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Still at the same time and date, August 20th 2013.
 Sun flowers and tiger's head. What's on your mind when you see those two different kind of things? Through my first exercise of lateral thinking activity i can think the idea which is unusual someone else's thought. I thought about how to wrap my self in an island, without any stores and helps. Then the idea comes out just like that. I would like to create a simple yet dangerous dress. I'm going to use the big big sun flower to be the decorations for the top of the dress, until the body and back as well. And what'll make it sexy is the tiger's head on the back, to cover the butt *oops* . Just cut down the rest of his body, sew it with some coconut tree's root, then shape it as a long ball gown. 







                Those boxes look really the same, aren't they? They're like queuing in a line, which has a formally means chiefly a line or sequence of people or vehicles awaiting their turn to be attended to or to proceed. Their colours are all the same, their sizes are also the same. But if you pay more attention, there's "one in a million" box of all. Its the one which has the "open hand" one. This parable means that   when you can think spontaneously different from all, you'll be the most visible from every set points of views and opinions. Like that "open minded" box, it shows that laterally difference is good. 






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Blue, white, green, yellow, black, and red. Those colours don't only mean colour. They represent their reflections of perfection in different kind of ways. Why did i choose this picture? I just thought about the eye catching and the different one everytime i heard about lateral. Like those hats, they have different optional personalities. I don't know why i do think those hats when the lateral thinking do cross my mind. Maybe because of the colours and the eye catching shape. 








       This is one of my favourite pictures from the week 5's . Tree branches are usually moved in to the trash after the processes of recycling something from it. But the attracting point was the lateral thinking from the inventor, from how he didn't use the first thought of ordinary people used to. I mean the very first thought to clean this un-usefull thing must be throw it in the rubbish bean. But the inventor made it in a really gorgeous way. Turn it into a recycling lamp, which is simple, useful, and valuable. Thats what makes it lateral. Its unusual .