The name of the blog is a play on the words 'creativity' and 'travelogue'. I envision the blog as a 'creativelogue' compiling thoughts, ideas, inspirations,insights,understandings as I hike along the new turns and twists of life with an inquisitive soul.
The other purpose of the blog is to serve as my final submission for a Personal Creativity Archive(PCA) assignment for ENG 598-Creativity Innovation & Vision, fall 2012 class.
Since early childhood I have been in the habit of writing my thoughts in a diary but later I switched to writing a blog so that I could share my scribblings and half baked thoughts with my friends and develop them better. Due to the ease of access and sharing and linking with my already existent blog, I decided to turn in the submission in the form of a blog.
The post title draws from the first concept about creativity that we discussed in the first class. A visual image can help draw the analogy between creativity and scaffolding. As I look at the intricate scaffolding to hoist just a two flight staircase, it makes me see the parallels more clearly!
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It takes a conscious effort to move away from the natural process of category recognition that the brain is conditioned to follow.
It takes a conscious effort to step back from jumping to finding solutions and instead try to understand the problem in hand.
It takes a conscious effort to hoist multiple ideas-seemingly unrelated to develop the framework for a truly creative and innovative solution.
And this blog is part of this very conscious effort to develop this alternative approach. Build up a storehouse of ideas which can be juxtaposed to solve real life problems.
The class moves from discussing concepts to in class activities to better develop insights as we listen and talk of the ideas brimming in our heads. The one point that we all seemed to agree upon was to start with 'What is the problem?'
The one thought that stayed with me as I left the class was the 'First Do no harm' principle from doctor's Hippocratic oath. Of all our best intentions we might actually affect more damage than good. The question when and how to help seems to have a philosophical undertone. The question also highlight the need to develop a creative solution that takes into account the context and culture. Solution developing is not about grafting a solution independently of its environment which is bound to create more havoc but to think broadly about the ecosystem at large.
The creative context continues as in the next class we talk about juxtaposition.This is a slightly different blogging experience for me since I have a timeline and a definite source of content for my next blog!
The other purpose of the blog is to serve as my final submission for a Personal Creativity Archive(PCA) assignment for ENG 598-Creativity Innovation & Vision, fall 2012 class.
Since early childhood I have been in the habit of writing my thoughts in a diary but later I switched to writing a blog so that I could share my scribblings and half baked thoughts with my friends and develop them better. Due to the ease of access and sharing and linking with my already existent blog, I decided to turn in the submission in the form of a blog.
The post title draws from the first concept about creativity that we discussed in the first class. A visual image can help draw the analogy between creativity and scaffolding. As I look at the intricate scaffolding to hoist just a two flight staircase, it makes me see the parallels more clearly!
It takes a conscious effort to step back from jumping to finding solutions and instead try to understand the problem in hand.
It takes a conscious effort to hoist multiple ideas-seemingly unrelated to develop the framework for a truly creative and innovative solution.
And this blog is part of this very conscious effort to develop this alternative approach. Build up a storehouse of ideas which can be juxtaposed to solve real life problems.
The class moves from discussing concepts to in class activities to better develop insights as we listen and talk of the ideas brimming in our heads. The one point that we all seemed to agree upon was to start with 'What is the problem?'
The one thought that stayed with me as I left the class was the 'First Do no harm' principle from doctor's Hippocratic oath. Of all our best intentions we might actually affect more damage than good. The question when and how to help seems to have a philosophical undertone. The question also highlight the need to develop a creative solution that takes into account the context and culture. Solution developing is not about grafting a solution independently of its environment which is bound to create more havoc but to think broadly about the ecosystem at large.
The creative context continues as in the next class we talk about juxtaposition.This is a slightly different blogging experience for me since I have a timeline and a definite source of content for my next blog!
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