Lesson 6 (Week 7): Juxtaposition 2

Class Exercise

Given was 2 groups of words, each are numbered and we were asked to chose 3 combinations of numbers.

My number was 04, 19, & 91.

We were also asked to make sentences out of combined words.

04 – Fly Mountain
I want to fly across the mountain.

19 – Flower Rain
My flower won’t drink the rain.
91 – Leaf Water
The leaf drowned in the water. POEM

Love and Chili
Love is like accidentally rubbing your eyes with a red chili.
It might be painful and made you cry for a while,
But it will also make you laugh at the end of the day,Because now you know how the pain feels like.

Lesson 5 (Week 6): Juxtaposition

Definition (http://dictionary.reference.com/)

1. The act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison and contrast
2. The state of being close together or side by side

Juxtaposition is famous in film as well as in photography.

Here’re some examples of juxtaposition in photography:

A hot young model and an old man – Like it or not, though you may be young and hot now, someday somehow you will definitely be old.


A car and a bicycle – Modern transportation versus the old one. Though many may prefer car as a transportation nowadays, bicycle still stays solid as affordable, light-weight and green transportation ever.


Ruins of an old building and new modern buildings in the city – They might be ruins but they are still the most valuable thing in a country’s history.

A man and a woman – An old photograph of man and woman of the olden days where man was the one who have to go to work and make money where else woman would be the housewife, taking care of all the house chores (taking care of kids, husband, etc).

Lesson 5 (Week 6): Juxtaposition [Feedback]

Exercise

MAN – GOLDFISH TIED WITH SHARK FIN
Man is like a goldfish tied with shark fin. As good looking and tough as a man might be, there will always still be fear somewhere inside.

LOVE – A CUP OF TEA
Love is like a cup of tea. Many may prefer them to be sweet but others may prefer the other way round with (maybe) a little twist.

LOVE – CREDIT CARDS
Love is like credit cards. Swap them as many times as you like but in the end, you will still have to pay the bills.

HAPPINESS – CLOCKS
Happiness is like clocks. Every ticking moment could mean a lot to oneself.

PAIN – ICE CREAM
Pain is like ice cream. Overtime, pain will be washed away eventually.

LIFE - BURNING FIRE
Life is like burning fire. It is full of dramas!

Lesson 4 (Week 5): Associated Mind Map

Sometimes something doesn't really have to perfectly related to something in particular. Relationship of something to another can just be something logical like when you think of a cow, of course you will think of milk, after that could be cheese or any dairy products but have you ever think that in relation to cow, there should be the word 'smelly' and this could be further branched to poo or something else and so on.

Here I attached some pictures:

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Class Exercise: Mortar and Pestle

We were asked to choose 5 keywords from the given mind map about Mortar & Pestle shown in class and we had to build our own mind map from those chosen words and also its function.

Chosen keywords: headache, devil, sun, medical and money.

1. Headache
To cure headache - Place mortar on top of your head and knock pestle over mortar several times.

2. Devil
To curse away devil/bad spirits - Mortar will contain holy water while pestle is used to stir the holy water and to distribute it wherever necessaries.

3. Sun
To make sun tan tattoo – place mortar and pestle anywhere you like on your body and at the same time, it is also tools for therapy.

4. Medical
Blood donation – use pestle to squeeze out blood and mortar used to contain blood.

5. Money
For dyeing money – place money inside mortar which is filled with dye then use pestle to stir until desired color is achieved.

Lesson 3 (Week 4): Mind Map

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRFn1U3jvCw&feature=player_embedded#!

Here’s a link about how to create a mind map.

A quick and easy way on how to create a mind map. Most importantly how colors play an important role in creating a mind map.

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A simple mind map I made about myself. I used different colored markers to indicate different areas about me. The name ‘SYAH’ in the middle is a name that I am known among my circle of friends and it is in red because it resembles how I am in real life and it is one of my favorite color too!

Lesson 2 (Week 3): Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention

NOVELTY

1. Something new or unusual
2. The quality or state of being novel : newness

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/novelty

INNOVATION

1. Something new or different introduced
2. The act of innovating; introduction to new things or methods

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/innovation

From normal cigarette that can cause health problems to e-cigarette.

May cost a lot more than a normal one box of cigarettes but at least, these cigarettes are rechargeable. Saves you a lot of money!

Not sure if smokers are eager to buy it but some non-smokers are very excited to try one.

INVENTION

1. The act of inventing
2. Anything invented or devised
3. The power or faculty of inventing, devising, or originating

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/invention

Normal iPod – iPod Touch – iPhone - iPad

A tablet computer designed as a platform for audio and visual media such as books, movies, musics, games, as well as web contents. It has the size and weight of a normal smartphones and laptop and also runs the same operating system as iPod Touch and iPhone. Unlike iPod Touch and iPhone, iPad is controlled by a multi-touch display sensitive up to 11 fingers. It uses Wi-Fi or 3G mobile data to get connected to the internet. iPad also can be use with keyboard, just use the iPad keyboard dock.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad

Lesson 2 (Week 3): Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention [Feedback]

Class exercise: Creating Image of a Public Figure

TIM BURTON

Famous for his dark, quirky themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas and blockbusters like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Batman Returns and recently Alice in Wonderland, Burton is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated American film director, producer, writer and artist.

His most valued friend and often seen in his movies is none other than Johnny Depp. Burton has directed 14 films as of 2010 and produced 9 as of 2009.

Rumors have said that Burton will be directing a 3D animation adaptation from the Addams Family. (Can’t wait! :D)

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Burton

Lesson 1 (Week 2): Defining Creativity

I found this to be very amazing. I wonder how they had done it but job well done! Imagine how much patience they have to put in to make all this work.

Pictures above are mainly produced/craved by Mizuta Tasogare and Kato Jado. They said that because they have to make link after link, without breaking through very thin wood walls and with the graphite still intact within the pencil are tremendously difficult.

They must have a very strong will power and a lot of patience to do this!

Source: http://weburbanist.com/2007/12/29/creative-sculpture-with-a-twist-3-extraordinary-approaches-to-carving-ordinary-objects/

Lesson 1 (Week 2): Defining Creativity [Feedback]

Creativity can be defined as generating new ideas or simply altering the old ones to make it more efficient to society. Lecturer had shown a lot of examples regarding how creativity could be achieved. What I learned is that you do not have to be a genius to be a creative person. It will always come naturally. You just basically need to explore more on the idea you have on your head.

Here is an image that I have created for my friend, Tan Zisheng.



I chose this serious picture of him because in actual fact, he is not a very serious guy at all. I smudged his face all over to get the look of an alien. He is a very nice and friendly person and loves to make people all around him laugh even those he barely know. I hope I was not too harsh making his face looked like this.