Creativity|Novelty & Innovation|Invention

Before all, here are the definitions for the respective terms.

CREATIVITY; Creativity is a mental process involving the discovery of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the existing ideas or concepts, fueled by the process of either conscious or unconscious insight

NOVELTY; Creativity is a mental process involving the discovery of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the existing ideas or concepts, fuelled by the process of either conscious or unconscious insight

INNOVATION; Innovation is a new way of doing something or "new stuff that is made useful". It may refer to incremental and emergent or radical and revolutionary changes in thinking, products, processes, or organizations.

INVENTION; An invention is a new composition, device, or process. An invention may be derived from a pre-existing model or idea, or it could be independently conceived in which case it may be a radical breakthrough.

Source: google definition

I've done a bit of a lurking of my own, and one of my favorite sites to see interesting things is theawesomer.com.

They have tons of awesome stuffs in there (theawesomer, duh T_T ) and some of my favorite things in there are;

| INNOVATION |

CRKT Eat’N Tool
Just the concept of a portable screwdriver wrench opener multi-tool that’s also a spork has us grinning from ear-to-ear. And now, you can actually buy one, thanks to the guys at CRKT.
More info log on here CRKT.
Source: theawesomer.com

| NOVELTY |

AM02 & AM03 Air Multipliers
Dyson’s new Air Multiplier fans are more powerful than the desktop variants. The AM02 sucks in air at 9 gal/sec and amplifies it 16 times, while the AM03 amplifies the same amount of air 18 times.
They're available for purchase here.
source: theawesomer.

| CREATIVITY |

New: Star Wars x Ecko

Available for preorder: Marc Ecko’s Star Wars-themed collaboration continues with new hoodies, bubble jackets and track jackets; top picks: X-Wing Pilot and Storm Trooper.
Source: theawesomer

Okay okay, I won't be a fanboy. I'll pick up another website for the invention example.

| INVENTION |

It's the all new Nubrella!
Those who have gotten tired of conventional umbrellas can try out Nubrella, a hands-free bubble umbrella. Its inventor is Alan Kaufman who recently appeared in ABC network's Shark's Tank show. He talked at length about the reasons he developed nubrella for. The inventor of nubrella admitted that the plight of the New Yorkers in using conventional umbrella prompted him to come up with an easier alternative.
More info can be fetched here.

Of Mice and Men

People often think that if you don't live your life, you're not free. If you don't fight for your freedom, then you're not a free man. If you choose to live as how you have been living and refuse to move with the world in their pace, then you're not free.

Who are they to judge what free and freedom means.

To have a definite idea and context of being free itself is a confinement. If you have a specific idea of what freedom is, the you're the one who is not free. If you feel that other people are not free when they are not following your footsteps and your ways, then you're the one who is not free.

There is an old story I remembered about freedom, it was a conversation between a city man and a village folk.

The village folk was sitting playing chess with his friends and smoking cigar while managing his small fish stall, and the city man came with suits and ties.

"You have a very strategic place to make a bigger fishing place. You can build a pond there, a bigger fish market here, and another boat or two maybe. I can help you realize that."
"But what for? I'm happy the way I am now."
"But don't you want more money? You can ensure a good life with some money in the bank."
"Okay, so tell me what is your plan."
"Well for starters, you can renovate this god-forsaken stall to a bigger market, and make more money."
"Okay, then?"
"Get another boat, and some more crew members to manage it."
"Okay, after that?"
"You can build a pond there to breed some more fish for your market. You can sell catfish n tons of other kinds."
"Gee, that sounds like hard work. I won't have time for other stuff."
"Well that's the price you have to pay for financial freedom."
"But I want some time for myself and my friends."
"Don't worry pops, you can work your way up to the top in a few short years."
"And then...?"
"..What do you mean 'And then' pops?"
"I mean, after I'm successful?"
"Well, you can retire off, and settle down somewhere calm and play chess with your friends and smoke cigars."

"Hehe. Silly city boy, what do you think I'm doing now?"

You won't be free until you are ready to accept other people's view of freedom.

Oh if only life isn't so relative..

Lesson 1: Defining Creativity

I used to sit and ponder about things, well actually I still do. I don't know why every time I say it, it comes out as if I had stopped doing that.And actually, coincidentally one of the things I had pondered about was creativity. Not just the words, but the whole context of creativity.

And I always thought of how it was confined in a definition or maybe a context, of some sort.

Well for starters, creativity and creative are two different things. Creativity is in the mind of the person, while creative is the action he or she does, ie:

His creativity is adorable, me makes creative drawings and creations.

You get what I mean right?

Also, I love to ponder how people are creative since the dawn of time. Like the moment when the first spark of light illuminated the caves of prehistoric men.

How do they even know how to create fire in the first place?

That... is sure as hell creative.

Imagine assembling an engine with no experience while blindfolded.