Lesson 8 : Random Word Association

In this exercise, we have to use features from a traffic light to invent ways to make a person stop smoking in 6 months time. This is what I came up with.

Lesson 7 : Exploration Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition exercise. We were given numbers with objects and we had to choose a number. I chose 13, 88, 58.
Then we have to come up with a sentence and illustration to match the words chosen.

Then we have to create new things based on the words chosen.

Then we have to choose two animals to be a new animal that is not possible to be in the world.

Fish+Cat


Chicken+Elephant

Worm+Bird
Then we have to describe an analogy. The analogy is 'Love is like...'+Chilli.
Love is like eating a chilli.

You eat a bit, it tastes nice.
A bit more, you start to sweat.
A little bit more, your eyes become red.
A bite more, you thought 'Why am I eating this?!'
But you keep coming back for more.

We also describe another analogy as our homework. The analogy is 'Life is like...'+Coffee
Life is like walking around with a cup of coffee.

You know when you take the coffee from the grinder and bring it to the table?
Too much, then it spills.
Too less, then you need more.
Keep it just nice, then you will be content.

Lesson 6 : Juxtaposition : Analogy

Analogy is the process of transferring information understood from one object to another object as a comparison in similarity. As what I have come to understand from the lecture. There are two types of analogy which are:

Logical Analogies which use similarities, rational, and describes behavior that you can observe.

Affective Analogies which is more on emotional resemblance than physical, and typically use animals as a comparison.

Lesson 5 : Juxtaposition

Juxtaposition is the arrangement of two opposing ideas. The purpose of it is to further intensify the effect of the contrasting factors.

Random juxtaposition is the technique of two random objects moving in parallel, to stimulate creative thinking.

Juxtaposition is used to further develop a story, and the characters.

From the television Lost series, there were a lot of juxtaposition to be found. A few examples given from the lecturer were:

Civilization/Wilderness
Committed/Flighty
Chaos/Calm
Dark/Frivolity
Turmoil/Serenity
Indifference/Feeling
Weakness/Strength
Rationality/Faith

By showing the contrast between the characters, the audience can further feel the difference between them.

The lecturer also showed us a picture of a baby and a laptop, with words play and work on them. Another picture shows the same image, with the words switched. It shows the difference in perspective of people viewing the picture.