Lesson 3:Mind Map

Mind map is one kind of technique for us to jot down the important notes. It is a diagram that used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked together under a theme of topic or key words.

Mind maps can be used for:

• problem solving
• outline/framework design
• anonymous collaboration
• marriage of words and visuals
• individual expression of creativity
• condensing material into a concise and memorable format
• team building or synergy creating activity
• enhancing work morale

A mind map guidelines suggested by Tony Buzan,

1. Start in the center with an image of the topic, using at least 3 colors.
2. Use images, symbols, codes, and dimensions throughout your Mind Map.Select key words and print using upper or lower case letters.
3. Each word/image is best alone and sitting on its own line.
4. The lines should be connected, starting from the central image. The central lines are thicker, organic and flowing, becoming thinner as they radiate out from the centre.
5. Make the lines the same length as the word/image they support.
6. Use multiple colors throughout the Mind Map, for visual stimulation and also to encode or group.
7. Develop your own personal style of Mind Mapping.
8. Use emphasis and show associations in your Mind Map.
9. Keep the Mind Map clear by using radial hierarchy, numerical order or outlines to embrace your branches.

We can make mind map by ourself. It used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problems solving, decision making , and writing. I think as the creative student like us, mind map allows us to remember the notes more easily while just jotting down the notes fulled with words. (reference from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map)

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Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad

A public figure person from Malaysia. He was the forth Prime Minister in Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 (22 years old). Mahathir's political career spanned almost 40 years, from his election as a Malaysian federal Member of Parliamentin 1964, until his resignation as Prime Minister in 2003. During his term in office, Mahathir turned Malaysia into a regional high-teach manufacturing, financial and telecommunications hub through his economic policies based on corporate nationalism known as the various "Malaysia Plans" which set out the government middle-term objectives.

KLCC ("The Kuala Lumpur City Centre") & Petronas Twin Towers, is one of Tun Dr.Mahathir bin Mohamad conceptual thinking in transforming the "unproductive" once a month utilities into a visionary "City within the City" concept.


Putrajaya as well as the country's commercial and financial centre. Putrajaya was the brainchild of former Prime Minister Tun Dr.Mahathir bin Mohamad. In 2001, Putrajaya was made a Federal Territory, increasing the number of federal territories to three. Kuala Lumpur and Labuan are the other two. The vision to have a new Federal Government Administrative Centre to replace Kuala Lumpur as the administrative capital emerged in the late 1980s.


Kuala Lumpur International Airport (known as KLIA), Tun Dr.Mahathir bin Mohamad was a prime driver behind the project.


During his period time of being Prime Minister, he brought the changes of economic, polities and education into another high peak until we reached the Millennium year 2000.

* researches from Wikipedia*

Be stupid -Diesel-

While through i am finding my researches, i found this video from Diesel's website.. The words bring some meaning in another way:

" Like balloons, we are filled with hopes and dreams. "
But over time, a single sentence creeps into our lives...
DON'T BE STUPID! Is the crusher of possibility. Is the world greatest deflator.
The world is fulled of smart people; Doing all kinds of smart things. Thats smart. Well we are with the stupid.
Stupid is the relentless pursuit. Of a regret free life. Smart may have the brain. But stupid has the balls.
Smart recognizes things for how they are. Stupid see things for how they could be.
Smart critiques. Stupid creates. The facts we didn't have stupid thoughts. We'd have no interesting thoughts at all.
Smarts have the plans. But stupid has the stories.
Smart may have the authority, But stupid has one hell of hangover.
It's not smart to take risks, is stupid take to be stupid.
Stupid is to be brave. Stupid isn't afraid to fail. Stupid knows there are worse things than FAILURE.
Like not even trying. Smart had good idea.
And that idea was stupid. You can't outsmart stupid. So don't even try.
Remember only stupid can be truly. BRILLIANT.

"BE STUPID" - Diesel"

http://www.diesel.com/be-stupid <<< press this

Lesson 2: Novelty,Creativity,Innovation,Invention

Novelty= the quality of being "NEW".

Novelty can be somethings old contrast with new things. It can be change or create to be new from before. Originality is not novelty. To get ourself been in novelty, we need to bring somethings new from old.

Creativity= the generation of new ideas or a new ways of doing things.

Human has their own perception of thinking and viewing, what we can do is to explore and it will be different from others.

Innovation= is a change in the thought process for doing something or "new stuff that is made useful".

In this modern era, innovation allows humans to keep changing to make their life different. To called an innovation, an idea must be replicable at an economic cost and must satisfy a specific need.

Inventors= those who take existing knowledge and create NEW ideas.


Novelty, Creativity, Innovation & Inventors can change us from before. Start with Zero, ended with infinity.

Lesson1: Defining Creativitiy

>>>>>>Before, An original photo

A photo can be edit by using software. Nowadays, a designer learn to use software to create or edit their artwork. But as a beginner, we must start our foundation with basic skill of drawings. Before this, without computer software, people have to finish their artwork by hand drawn. Now with double click, we can simply edit or create.

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I had choose Lee Mun Ket, my classmate as my character of being edited by me. In these, i used Abode Illustrator to edit, with the effects. I added outline to show clearly of the character. With the colorful colors, it show how active of my friend. The background i leave it black and blur, because i want to highlight the character in this photo.

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Creativity is based on our perception to look on it, either in this way or another way. We can rotate to left, rotate to right, turn it up, turn it down. It may show different ways of looking.
Is hard to create/edit a new things. Keep learning and gain knowledge is the main purpose for us to survive in this creative's world.

1 Funny Malaysia

Just noticed one of Malaysia's most renowned political comic artist, Zunar from my friend's facebook. She had uploaded few photos about Zunar's latest 1 Funny Malaysia.

His photos brought meanings. So i go through some researches to know more about him. I found his blog, http://darialmarikartun.blogspot.com/2008/01/zunar.html
- Zunar, borned in 15 May 1962 at Kedah.
- First artwork "beliau seawal" in 1973 in Bambino magazine.
- His style, pen and brush with the technique of line adventurous/ simple stroke
- His famous artworks

* Ofis Korner

* Liza: Cinta Tak Semestinya Bersatu

* Papa

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I also found that he is selling his collection, go through this website, we actually can get his latest collection, 1 Funny Malaysia http://www.kinibooks.com/product_info.php?products_id=1157

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There are such many artist that have their own style on begin to have their own collection of their artwork. We really need to support them because i think that nowadays, creative artist is getting less onward we never notice them.

Lesson 0: Introduction to Creative Studies

A simple drawing. It shown a simple message "Family"

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From above, we can see that everyone has their own ability to create or produce some nice artwork. We are not the talented or special peoples. What we create is what we gain from God. God gives us the ability to create. A drawing or a simple sketching, it look different with others. This is because each person have their own perceptions to view each things.
From zero we start to think, to create and to produce. A beginner should have a brand new ideas in order to be considered as creative.

I have saw a Chinese articles before, it wrote there:

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A children should let them have their own way to view somethings. One day, a children got his artwork and asked to color it. The children was happy and filled the drawing full with colors. The next day, he passed the drawing to his teacher. He think that he can get high score on his drawing because he put his effort on finishing it. But after he get back his drawing, the teacher only give him 30%. He was very upset and asked the teacher why he couldn't get high score on his drawing. His teacher answered him :" You make a wrong color on your drawings, the sky should be in blue color." The children answered the teacher:" But in my world, the sky is black. When it is raining, the sky looks black. But when it is sunny, the sky is in red color. But when it is sunset, the sky is in orange color. Yesterday when i am in coloring, suddenly it rain heavily. So my sky is in black color "
The teacher never border the explanation from the children. From that day, in the children mind, sky must be in blue color. Everything was set in the children mind. No more black color sky, orange color sky and red color sky.

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What i get the message from the article is that adults or elder has set/ block the children mind on not being that creative. They have control the children creative since they are small. They should allow the children to color on what they observe but not what we instill in their mind.

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First class by Mr Yap, he taught us creative is not being in a box, we should think out of box. So hope that i won't be as like the children in the article, my mind has set/ block by somethings else.

- Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up -

Pablo Picasson's Quote