My creative thinking journey so far has been one of surprise. From being able to view anything with multiple, new angles, to having a new perspective to the fundamentals of “creativity”, it was something I truly did not expect to takeaway from this course.
The biggest takeaway for me so far has been the creative technique of blending. While the idea of blending is not something new to me, recognising the said technique as a technique is new and eye opening to me. When I first learned in class about the concept of blending two “input space”s into one “blended space”, I initially thought it was a rather forceful concept, trying to break up one’s creativity by working backwards. However, I slowly realised it was due to my lack of creativity in not acknowledging the various perspective I can view things that ultimately restricted my capacity to appreciate such creativity concepts, this has been a big change thus far.
Bringing over this change in perspective and newly found “blended space” concepts into my everyday life, I have started to be more open, think more out of the box, and appreciate more activities that revolve around my daily life. Even now, the concept of ordering my daily “yuan yang” – a mix of coffee and tea, has triggered a “blended space” conceptual theory in my brain, a crazy thought I’d never have ever thought about. This eventually led me to start mixing new ingredients (input space) and making new drinks, with my newly found favourite milo with coffee. If you have not, please try it. Hopefully your one key takeaway from my reflection could be this creation of milo coffee if you’ve never tried!
Creative Thinking 