Blog Post One --- Creativity.

 

                Hello everyone, my first blog post was created after watching the YouTube video of creative boot camp, https://youtu.be/3G6qMzwmDgg,  supplied by the professor. He stated that creativity can be defined as problem solving, with relevant and novel ideas. He went on to say that many believe creativity applies to artists and musicians and not as a skill that it can be developed.

While watching the video I grabbed a pad of paper and a pen and followed along with the video.

Example #1: Pirate Happy Meal

“Pirates sail the high seas searching for plunder, but what about all the pirate children? Don't they deserve plunder, too? The best place to find the type of plunder little pirate kids would want and enjoy some tasty Parrot McNuggets is in their very own happy meal box. But what would they find at the bottom of those boxes?

Write down as many happy meal toys as you can think of if happy meals were around during the historical era of Caribbean pirates. 3 Minute time limit.”

I came up with quite a few items including a small parrot figurine, miniature plastic pirate ship, telescope, pirate hat, Among other things it may or may not have been considered appropriate for children.

Example #2: The Middle

“Story is a powerful communication vehicle because it is universally understood. The flow of a story is known so well that you can often predict the outcome of a story before it is revealed. But what happens when that story isn't linear and you're left with the task of filling in the missing pieces? Following is the beginning and the end of the story, you have to come up with three sentences which connect the beginning of the story with the end.

Beginning: A man woke up in the center median of a busy highway unable to remember how he got there. He was harden and authentic 18th century Spanish sword and one hand and an empty bottle of peppermint schnapps in the other.

Ending: dazed, he picked up the chicken, apologize to the young woman, and rode away.”

Here are the three sentences I came up with:

“As the cars zoomed past him, he noticed a chicken clucking loudly beside him. Struggling to piece together the events of the night before, he remembered a confrontation and being chaste through the streets. A young woman on the other side of the road yelled at him to grab the chicken and get out of harm's way.”

Example #3: Medieval Happy Meal

“Ahh… the happy meal. A miniaturized mule for children is accompanied by a cheap, useless toy. What could be better? How about happy meals during other times in history? Your last creative boot camp exercise will invite you to once again imagine for yourself.

Write down as many toys as you can think of for the happy meal of a slightly older era: medieval times.”

I came up with a number of items including plastic castles, horses, nights, catapult, and dragons to name a few. Once again a number of my ideas may or may not have been considered appropriate for children.

Until next time,

Phil