Pick of the Week

Another sketchy mind map for the lesson of the week. It is all about juxtaposition. It is fun to be able to put just random words together and actually come up with something kind of new. A set of words were chosen and what the class had to do was illustrate the words that resulted for them.

Along with this came another concept of juxtaposition, which was love put together with chili, and we were required to make a short poem about it.

Love is like a piece of chili

It is passionate, bright, and fiery

However, you cannot get greedy

You have to be careful lest it gets spicy

It just might burn your heart

And make you have to,

With it,

Temporarily part

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Week 6: Juxtaposition

As defined and explained by the lecturer, juxtaposition can mean, placing two variable, side by side and their contrast or similarity are shown through comparison. It seems to me that the lesson means, that, by putting two things or two words together, it can make the human brain automatically associate or transfer meaning to it, whether to something familiar or something totally funny or ridiculous. Two words that could mean the opposite of each other, could even be put in one sentence and be made ordinary. The class gave examples according to the TV Series 'Lost', such as one example in which one of the characters die, but another character, who is a pregnant female, gives birth almost at the same time, giving a strong juxtaposition of life and death. Okay, so maybe this example is not so ordinary. In fact, I think it is deep. However, it is still something that everyone of us should know.

Pick of the Week

Managed to make a mind map out of mortar and pestle! Even though it was done in class, I still managed some brainstorming. They are not exactly the brightest of things, but I find some of them quite funny. To me.

Week 5: Mortar and Pestle

Continuing on mindmaps, the class focused on mortar and pestle. It is a set of traditional tools, usually used for medicinal purposes or cooking. It is made of stone, therefore hard enough to mash seeds or herbs together into sauces or pasty medicine.

The idea was, what other functions could it have other than just mashing things? What could people use it for in the future? The difficult part was that, whatever it could be used for, it has to be in a set, and cannot be separated.

From there, the lesson branched from just mortar and pestle, to what other pairings could be compared and what thoughts we would have about it. The main thing was about men and women. What would men write about women, and what would women write about men?

As a female, I think the boys are...okay to live with. Sure, most of them can be sexist and dominant, and most are a bit vulgar, but they are nice and can be real gentlemen in their own ways when they want to be. Everyone is unique, so we also have to look into the women. I think.

Pick of the Week

Considering mindmaps, I tried to make one. It is still simple as I am. However, I had quite some fun with the typography.

Week 4: Logical Mind Maps

This week, we delved deeper into the topic of convergent and divergent thinking and went to the focused discussion of logical mind maps. Mind maps are mostly for the divergent thinkers because they are the ones who like to look for other alternatives to solutions for a problem, and like to experiment or play about. Since the lecturer is teaching a class of Faculty of Creative Multimedia students, most of us would definitely be convergent thinkers and he gave me and my classmates tips on how to do a proper logical mind map. To be honest, I am not a big fan of mind maps, though I know that it would help a scatterbrain like me look up ideas and such. It can make clear the flow of thought and new discoveries and the branching out options would definitely make me think of other things from one subject. Maybe I should start making mind maps a habit...

Pick of the Week

Divergent and convergent thinking. The only thing that I can think of about problem-solving that can involve something so simple looking yet can have so many alternative solutions is a Rubiks cube. Even though people say there are steps to solving this, but when mixed around, it really can be a tough nut to crack. Nowadays, there are a lot of other variations of the Rubiks cube.

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Week 3: Convergent and Divergent Thinking. I Suppose, I'm Convergent.

Week three lesson, is the difference about convergent and divergent thinking. To make it simpler, convergent thinking is being able to do things without having to use a lot of creativity (unless, of course, you're bored). This would apply to repetitive activities such as copying notes or following instructions. Meanwhile, being divergent is the opposite. Tasks that would require divergent thinking would be a painting assignment in art class or trying to solve a riddle or a math problem. The lecturer came up with some kind of interesting fact that those whose put the thumbs of their left hands on the top of the right thumb when clasping their hands together, are those who think divergently. While those who put their right over their left, are the convergent thinkers. I found that I was a convergent thinker. But then I thought, I must only be a beginner convergent thinker, because it is hard for me to come up with alternatives solutions that'll work to problems. I really wish I could return my brain back to when I was young, back when it was still 'phresh'.