Lesson 2: Novelty, Creativity, Innovation & Invention

Novelty

Novelty is the quality of being new. Although it may be said to have an objective dimension (e.g. a new style of art coming into being, such as abstract art or impressionism) it essentially exists in the subjective perceptions of individuals.

Invention

Alexander Grahm's Bell sketches on the first telephone :

• The act or process of inventing : used a technique of his or her own invention.
• A new device, method, or process developed from study and experimentation : the phonograph, an invention attributed to Thomas Edison.
• A mental fabrication, especially a falsehood.
• Skill in inventing; inventiveness: "the invention and sweep of the staging" (John Simon)
• Music. A Short composition developing a single theme contrapuntally.
• A discovery; a finding
  

Innovation

Innovation is the process of making improvements by introducing something new, the realization of a creative idea in a social context.

Creativity

Creativity is the process of generating something new that has value. There are many new ideas and concepts, but some may not have value and hence may not be considered creative. A creation is something original that has value.

"What is the similarity of a lamp post and an elephant?".

This was an in-class question asked by the lecturer. Most of us were thinking of physical answers until the lecturer told us that they are not our friends and both can't talk. What the lecturer wanted was for us to think outside the box but it seems that most of us are still thinking inside it.

Besides, we've been taught the Myth of Creativity.

Myth of Creativity:

1. Only special talented people are creative.
2. Being creative is hard.
3. Problems are in our life to make it more difficult (people who never suffer from difficult will never know happiness)
4. I am not creative.
5. Innovation is the domain of genius.
6. I have to have brand new ideas in order for me to be consideredcreative.
7. Brainstorming is hard work.
8. Only artists need to be creative.
9. Writer's block in greatest obstacle in creative process.
10. Using structured creative techniques will hinder my ability to be creative.

We are always answering or doing the same things that we know and had been taught. We seldom think outside the box.This is what we must change and learn as we are part of the Creative Multimedia students.