Our studio project was about a clay model forced on a journey to save his master's life. About our creativity project, I have discussed about it already, in a previous post, but I sahl do so again.
Firstly, we have to introduce ourselves to each other in the research group, a stage I call * HEY MAN LET”S BE FRIENDS*. This is the stage where we all act nice and try to gauge each other. When that’s done, we start by IDENTIFYING the problem, and sitting down together to brainstorm. Holy crap, that’s when the trouble will start. Some people may disagree with other people’s ideas, leading to arguments that if not resolved, end up festering and just destroys the group’s morale. Well, if that’s all done and dusted, we will all engage in vigorous research, before heading into Incubation, where we all stand back from the problem and look at it in different angles (some call this the slacking period, as we don’t really do anything productive here, I don’t see much honestly, I rather be doing something… productive). More often than not, I see this process not taken seriously, as people will be just slacking off or slinking away for 3 hour toilet breaks. How the hell one thinks of ways to effectively create a character concept while taking a dump is just… When that’s all done and dusted, the group then enters the Illumination stage, where we finally settle down on an idea and prepare to pitch it/test it. If nothing goes wrong (and most of the time it does) we will go straight towards validation. If not, we would just have to try again and again till we get it right. Lastly, we will refine the idea, and that’s when that all mighty bolt of tremendous insight hits us in the cranium! We then perfect it, and assign roles and tasks to be done. Success, man!Moral of story: Do not slack, work hard and smart, ask lots of questions, never say die and just keep on going. Like how my group’s creativity model shows, just go head first and never give up, eventually you will hit that super idea lying dormant somewhere in our minds!
"In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream. And in a world filled with distrust, we must still dare to believe."
