Exercise A

 

Reflection/In-class exercise: Sketch (design) a machine/device that you think will enhance your creativity

Lecture 1 offered a sneak peek into the world of design - something that I am familiar, but not entirely comfortable with (as I’m inexperienced with design). As a visual person myself, I enjoy interpreting images and understanding the context behind it. "A picture speaks a thousand words" - this lecture reinforced my understanding on how design can be a powerful tool of communication to bring forth meanings that words cannot simply contain. 

Towards the end of the lecture, Professor Kaien asked us to sketch a machine or device that we think could enhance our creativity. I drew the above.

It is a pair of glasses that shows dynamic images of nature.

I racked my brain in search for inspiration to be more creative when it dawned on me, that the child-like me would have a better shot at being creative than the me today.

The me today is constrained by societal norms that I have learnt and grow accustomed to over time. The should-dos and the not-to-dos – things that the child-me would never be concerned with. The younger me did not have a mobile phone. She enjoyed the playground, the parks, the travelling, and spending time with nature. She was unrestrained by the grip of technology– a privilege that children today are unable to experience. Being in nature allowed her mind to roam freely, and her creative juices to flow.

To be creative – is to come up with original ideas involving an imaginative mind. But we are far too used to everything, that being creative would be a challenge. Therefore, I drew this machine in hope of re-enacting my childhood experience, and to think out of the box by taking a moment to appreciate nature in this time where we are so overwhelmed by technology. 














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