Quoted for the great truth! I miss my lego, but unfortunately they've gone missing. I'm pretty sure I had at least RM3000 worth of lego there..

Whether society accepts creativity, it's there. It's always there, in one form or another.

Creativity can be used in arts, or in military, or even in crime.

Put it in another way, if the society doesn't accept creativity "legally", creativity will then be channeled to boost illegal activities

During my high school days, our artworks were simply evaluated as how many marks, or grade A,B,C,D. No comments at all. Ironically one of the art teachers likes to show us his works.

creativity is a process.

exactly.

but interestingly, in school we were taught that the more beautiful a painting we produce, the "higher" our creativity is valued. that is inaccurate, as creativity should be valued on the process of making.

for example, the simplest sense of creativity is on problem solving. lets say ur teacher gives u a problem: how to throw an egg from the 3rd floor without breaking it? so u and ur friends start to conjure up solutions creatively. i'll show u some solutions people usually come up, from the simplest to the more complex and finally to the most elegant:

i. bundle the egg in a huge amount of bubble-wrap to cushion the fall.
ii. increase air drag by parachuting the egg down.
iii. suspend the egg in a collapsible frame to absorb impact.

(can u see that the solutions are becoming more elaborate and creative? and finally...)

iv. stand on the 3rd floor, throw the egg slowly up and catch it back.

does the no. iv solution makes sense to u?

Actually it does, Solution IV is the ability to view something from an altogether different perspective. The problem posed said throw an egg FROM the 3rd floor. It did not mention in WHICH direction. Stereotypical thinking assumes that throwing an egg from x floor means it must go down, but have they ever contemplated of throwing it up? Sideways? No, people don't think like that anymore I am afraid.

It is the same as the question posed at the beginning.

What is ? < A question mark.

Can it be half a lightbulb? An inverse hook? Depends on how you view it

most ads on tv today r too dull,
yes, creativity is lacking

glad somebody got it .

i teach 1st year architecture, one of the most creativity-dependent courses in the world. some might say fine-art is the most creative course, but architecture depends on creativity to solve problems. harnessing the ability for practical uses. since our society does pay much attention to creativity, breaking that mindset is one of the most challenging thing i've ever done.

“Describe how to determine the height of a skyscraper with a barometer.”

One student replied: “You tie a long piece of string to the neck of the barometer, then lower the barometer from the roof of the skyscraper to the ground. The length of the string plus the length of the barometer will equal the height of the building.”

This highly original answer so incensed the examiner that the student was failed immediately. The student appealed on the grounds that his answer was indisputably correct, and the university appointed an independent arbiter to decide the case.

The arbiter judged that the answer was indeed correct, but did not display any noticeable knowledge of physics. To resolve the problem it was decided to call the student in and allow him six minutes in which to provide a verbal answer which showed at least a minimal familiarity with the basic principles of physics.

For five minutes the student sat in silence, forehead creased in thought.

The arbiter reminded him that time was running out, to which the student replied that he had several extremely relevant answers, but couldn’t make up his mind which to use. On being advised to hurry up the student replied as follows:

“Firstly, you could take the barometer up to the roof of the skyscraper, drop it over the edge, and measure the time it takes to reach the ground. The height of the building can then be worked out from the formula H = 0.5g x t squared. But bad luck on the barometer.” “Or if the sun is shining you could measure the height of the barometer, then set it on end and measure the length of its shadow. Then you measure the length of the skyscraper’s shadow, and thereafter it is a simple matter of proportional arithmetic to work out the height of the skyscraper.” “But if you wanted to be highly scientific about it, you could tie a short piece of string to the barometer and swing it like a pendulum, first at ground level and then on the roof of the skyscraper. The height is worked out by the difference in the gravitational restoring force T = 2 pi sq root (l/g).”

“…or if the skyscraper has an outside emergency staircase, it would be easier to walk up it and mark off the height of the skyscraper in barometer lengths, then add them up.” “If you merely wanted to be boring and orthodox about it, of course, you could use the barometer to measure the air pressure on the roof of the skyscraper and on the ground, and convert the difference in millibars into feet to give the height of the building.”

“But since we are constantly being exhorted to exercise independence of mind and apply scientific methods, undoubtedly the best way would be to knock on the janitor’s door and say to him ‘If you would like a nice new barometer, I will give you this one if you tell me the height of this skyscraper’.”

Loved the share silver. Where did you get it, might I inquire?

most ads on tv today r too dull,
yes, creativity is lacking

That says much for the type of audience Malaysians generally are, doesn't it?

I couldn't agree more.

Basically, franchised companies in Malaysia seem to like reusing ads that from overseas. Dumping them to english/malay/mandarin. It does send out a message how "creative" we have become.

That is, after all, the way Malaysians do things. apa pun boleh. Keeping this up only hinders growth, not to mention the current state of ads are beyond ridiculous.