Lesson 5:Juxtaposition 1

Juxtaposition can be defined as placing two variable,side by side and their contrast or similarity are shown through comparison,or two objects or texts that oppose one another. Juxtaposition may refer to:

1) Juxtaposition in literacy which is synonymous with contrast that is two objects
or texts that oppose one another.
In linguistics and semantics, contrast is a relationship between two discourse segments and it
often marked by markers such as 'but' or 'however'. The majority of the studies done on
contrast and contrastive relations in semantics has focused on characterizing. Semantics
also concentrated on identifying what distinguished clauses joined by 'and' and 'but'. In
discourse theory and computational discourse, contrast is a major discourse relation with
relationship like explanation or narration and work that has concentrated on trying to identify
contrast. Therefore in literature and film, juxtaposition is the arrangement of two opposing
ideas, characters, objects, etc. either side-by-side or in similar narratives for effects. The
techniques are used to further in develop the storyline or characters. Then it is applied
variously to opposing emotions, abstract concepts, character traits or images.


There are some example about the Juxtaposition:

This Is an example about Juxtaposition,It show that a luxury condominium at left side
and the poverty living area at right side , when this 2 thing combine together , it make sense that the the distant between poverty and richness are so much nowadays

That is another picture that show another juxtaposition , we can see a dog sleeping in a temple , and behind the dog is a god status in the temple , it just look like a dog ? It is a strong meaning and impact to all of ours mind ...... although nowadays all people are support to protect and take care to animal , but how about this ... it just show the cruel of the real world....

That is another example of it , strong and meaningful ,an nuclear boom picture , but we just put and beautiful Landscape picture on it , and the tree shape is just match with the nuclear boom ,it just giving a strong sense about the important of environment and the negative effect about war can bring to us.

The Creativity & Art Behide A Straw

Straw ........... what do you think on it ?

Is it only use when you wanna to drink something ?
of course a lot of people will think like that , but for some artist who are creative , a straw are not just straw , straw also can use for a lot of purposes,A straw also can be a part of your creativity ,and art-form too. it can be a beautiful furnishings, a meaningful art-form and a lot of other thing too , if you are grow up in a village, maybe you will understand straw still can using in a lot of ways.

A dragon make from straw

Two Rats on a yellow corn

Two Snake made from golden color straw

Three cute pig make by straw,too

A Parrot which make from colorful straw

A Dragon which make from straw,it is just cute and nice

A Bug make from purple color straw and green color to present the leaf

It is just a amazing advertisement design, the Straw face drink the tea by straw

So What do you think ? is that amazing & fantastic ? for me ,of course , that is just amazing beyond word at all , although is just a simple thing , but can use it in a lot of way to represent a totally different thing ..

The Art & Creativity Within A Book

For Everything , book and paper is just important ,because that is a lot of thing need to be write and record down by paper & pen , so those information which wrote down can be given to ours next generation . Beside that , what do you think about a book look like ? a Square like thing with no design at all ? or something got some graphic design on it ? if you think like that then you are limiting your creativity inside the box , box also can be a good artwork and other form & design .

What do you think ? are you see think kind of book around you ? or do u ever think about it ?
for most of the people , books are just books , they are nothing else ... but for this , it required creativity of the people who are first to think about it .. books are not just for record something down , it also a form of art & creativity too...

Lesson 4: Associated Mind Map

A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid to studying and organizing information, solving problems, making decisions, and writing.The elements of a given mind map are arranged intuitively according to the importance of the concepts, and are classified into groupings, branches, or areas, with the goal of representing semantic or other connections between portions of information. Mind maps may also aid recall of existing memories.

This week we learn about the Mind mapping , and lecturer gave us some of category and ask us to create the something related to mortar and pestle. This is a very nice activities to explore my creativity and it no need to follow any logic ! we can just think whatever we want to .At below are some of the example:

This is the main mind map of the mortal and pestle

This is an example about accessories : the pestle use as a hair

accessories and the mortal use as "outside" bar for girl

This is an example about fashion : The mortal use as the

bar and the pestle use to cover the "private part" .

That is an example about medical : The Mortal ans

pestle use as a tool to mixed the medicine.

This is an example about Money : The pestle can use

as a weapon to rob other people for get the money.

This is an example about game : The mortal ans pestle can use for play

like a shuttle cock .Kick it MAN !

Ambigram , a Creative Typography

A lot of people know what is typography , but do everybody know Ambigram ? Ambigram unlike to other typography , for me , Ambigram is the hardest and the most creative one among all the typography , An ambigram is a typographical design or artform that may be read as one or more words not only in its form as presented, but also from another viewpoint,direction,or orientation way. The words readable in the other viewpoint, direction or orientation may be the same or different from the original words.

an Ambigram which see same from up side down

That is another ambigram , which is the title of a famous novel "Angel & Demons",
inside this novel have a short brief about ambigram too

an ambigram which 'write' earth,air,fire & water , i also viewable if up side down


A people wearing an ambigram t-shirt , in real world is clever ,
but inside the mirror , it become stupid !


another ambigram which are viewable from up side down &
reflection by mirror

I feel that ambigram are amazing , when the first time i saw them , they just make me crazy on it , specially the mirror reflection ambigram , it is just creative and meaningful too ...

Lesson 3 : Method of creative thinking.

This is a rough mind map which are talking about myself , i try to design and keep it short and simple for easy to understand,the background is just like my mind sometime , sometime my mind are going to have a lot of complex & "Dirty" thing pass by.

The mind map is talking about my name is Tai Khai Shen , also can call me as Howard and Kong , My Height is 186cm and Weigh is 98kg ,Chinese and born in 9 of May ,1988.I'm a diploma holder in Information System Engineering , and I'm a people who like freedom, I'm a cheerful and positive thinking person also,am some time I'm quite lazy and i always wanna to make my dream become true...... i Specially like photography , reading comic ,art & music appreciate.
I got 5 family member , who are my father,mother,elder sister, elder brother and younger sister.

What is Stereotype ?
According to Wikipedia , A stereotype is a commonly held public belief about specific social groups or types of individuals. The concepts of "stereotype" and "prejudice" are often confused with many other different meanings. Stereotypes are standardized and simplified conceptions of groups based on some prior assumptions. Generally speaking, stereotypes are not based on objective truth but rather subjective and sometimes unverifiable content-matter.

Let say , if i say "carbonated drink company" , what will you think ?? Coca-Cola right ? or another example , middle east and Muslims ......... what will you think ?? terrorist ? of course that most of the people will think about terrorist ...... that is what we called stereotypes .

For Media Stereotypes ...... that is a lot of media stereotypes , for example the case 911 , after that case is pass long time .......... but until now when i see the middle east people , specially who wear like "cover whole body and face" , which is their tradition wear , i still will feel scare they are having a boom , i knew that was stupid !!! but i just cannot stop it ........ Just because the people who plan to do the 911 is from Arabs , it make a stereotype inside ours mind deeply .......... that is totally unfair for them .......

That still have another example which is base on my own experience , i think most of the Teenager know about "Counter strike" and "Call Of Duty 4 - Modern Warfare" right ? These are 2 popular First-person Shooting games ........ in these games ......... both of them describe the middle east country and the people as the terrorist ....... that is another stereotype also , like ours parents or older Relative is very verbiage and tell a lot ...... that is another example , actually they are just caring about us and share their own experience with us , to make sure that we are always on a right path ....

Old Creative Comic

Do you know about this comic cover ?? yes , it is Dr.Slump by Akira Toriyama who are the greatest comic artist all the time , he also is the comic artist of Dragon Ball , it is a old comic which i read it since i was kinder garden , although it is a old comic , but until now i read the comic , it just make me think how creative and "not logical" is the comic artist.

In The early of the morning , the sun rise from the sea and
with the diving equip, this kind of thing i only can think that when i was a child !

a small girl's strange could break an earth ~ but superman could not do it

Is he what we called as a superman ?
Rob the skateboard from child and said "i'm the defender of justice",
and 'fly' with a skateboard

poop cannot speak ? but you are speaking and standing there

Boring attacks with a lot of fishes ~

poke poke ~~ instant blood for Vampire ，it is just creative beyond words

I think that most of us are read this comic before because this a very famous comic , but maybe time make everything gone , but just try do not let it gone .This is one of the best example about creativity , inside this comic got a lot of thing which are out of ours expect , some of them ever not logical at all , but this is what we call creative all the time .

Lesson 2 : Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention

Novelty, Creativity, Innovation and Invention is a series of process to produce and make something new !

Novelty ?
Novelty is about a quality for begin a new thing ,although it may bring an new object dimension.

Creativity ?
Creativity is the ability to generate innovative ideas and manifest them from thought into reality. The process involves original thinking and then producing. Also is the generation of new ideas or a new way of doing things.

Innovation ?
Innovation is a process that make something new and make is useful , it use for process and generate all the thing which are never have before .

Invention ?
Invention is a new composition ,device or process.Invention also is a new thing , new technology that first appear on world.

Why them related to each other ? For example , something novelty is require creativity to make it "new" . sometime creativity can be misunderstood.Innovation is to bring in new ideas or make changes.and creativity is generation of new ideas or a new way of doing things. It is just a line between .

For example:

























During old time , we are using liquid-type glue , that is very Inconvenient for us because sometime the liquid glue will come out and make problem to us , after that , an innovation has come , the liquid glue become glue stick , it make us more convenient for bring it to anywhere and no need to worry about the liquid glue come out and bring a lot of problem

Public Figure
Testuya Nomura

Tetsuya Nomura , A Japanese video game director and character designer who is working for Square-Enix (formerly Square), The Company which produce famous Role-Playing game Final Fantasy and Kingdom Heart series.

Before he worked for square , he worked at a vocational school creating art for advertisements

In 1993,Square hired him to works as a art designer, the first project of him in Square is Final Fantasy VI ,beside that , when he was free , he used his brain which are full of creativity and Innovative to wrote down a novel , the novel has just make the director of square interested on it , and the novel has be use as story of the most popular Final Fantasy game within Final Fantasy Series, which are Final Fantasy VII .

After that he are getting famous after the great response from consumer,after than He become the main designer of Square,the projects which handle and characters designed by him are Parasite Eve,Final Fantasy VIII,Final Fantasy IX,Final Fantasy X,Kingdom Heart I and more ........

Creative Advertisement

Those are the advertisement in Thailand , actually i wonder how come the Thailand advertisement are so creative all the time !! The most creative advertisement i watch ever , no matter what meaning they trying to show it , they show it in a creative way,some of them ever out of my expect ..... especially the Pantene shampoo advertisement , it is not just an advertisement , it also bring a lot of meaning and life value.

The beer advertisement also , it is just match to the what beer advertisement always want to bring out "To Every Good Thing In Life", just how that how the people have a joy when enjoying the beer.