What is an idea?What is an idea?Most people in the modern Most people in the modern

times agree that an idea is an times agree that an idea is an image existing or formed in image existing or formed in

the mind. the mind.

Ideas give rise to concepts, which Ideas give rise to concepts, which are the basis for knowledge in are the basis for knowledge in

Mathematics, Science, the Arts, Mathematics, Science, the Arts, engineering or business. engineering or business.

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Ideas are hiding in your Ideas are hiding in your brainbrain

MemoriesMemoriesExperienceExperience

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EmotionsEmotions

ObservingObserving

Looking at Looking at other other people’s people’s solutionssolutions

ResearchinResearchinggReflectionReflection

Want to get those GOOD Want to get those GOOD ideas out?ideas out?

Let’s play the original ideas Let’s play the original ideas game!game!

Imagine I am a new pupil in the school. Imagine I am a new pupil in the school. Think of a question you would like to ask Think of a question you would like to ask me so that you could find out who I am.me so that you could find out who I am.

Let’s play the original ideas Let’s play the original ideas game!game!

Now lets have a look at your answers. Now lets have a look at your answers. Choose a person to read out their answer. If Choose a person to read out their answer. If anyone has the same or similar answer to anyone has the same or similar answer to you, you get knocked out. Keep going you, you get knocked out. Keep going through the whole class until you have through the whole class until you have eliminated students.eliminated students.

Repeat the exercise, but this time you have Repeat the exercise, but this time you have to think of a question no-one else has to think of a question no-one else has thought of. You can’t make wild, erratic thought of. You can’t make wild, erratic questions that do not make sense.questions that do not make sense.

Play the game until you have a winner. This Play the game until you have a winner. This person (or persons) have thought of original person (or persons) have thought of original ideas that no-one else has thought of. This is ideas that no-one else has thought of. This is the objective of what we are trying to do.the objective of what we are trying to do.

Cliché’sCliché’s

Avoid falling into Avoid falling into the cliché’s trap!the cliché’s trap!

Cliché’s are Cliché’s are simply ideas that simply ideas that are too obvious are too obvious and have been and have been used many many used many many timestimes

Want more help?Want more help?

It is hard to think of ideas and even It is hard to think of ideas and even more difficult to come up with good, more difficult to come up with good, original ideas, but somewhere in your original ideas, but somewhere in your mind there is buried a masterpiece!mind there is buried a masterpiece!

Clear your mindClear your mind

Good ideas usually come when we Good ideas usually come when we are relaxed and calm with a clear are relaxed and calm with a clear mind, such as; when your in the mind, such as; when your in the bath, in bed or on the loo!!!bath, in bed or on the loo!!!

Let’s try to clear our minds………….Let’s try to clear our minds………….

Crazy WordsCrazy Words A good way to think of A good way to think of

ideas is just to write ideas is just to write mad, frantic list of all mad, frantic list of all the thoughts that pop the thoughts that pop into your head on the into your head on the theme you are theme you are thinking about.thinking about.

Write the first things Write the first things that come into your that come into your head.head.

Weather, Scientists, Weather, Scientists, Arctic etc etc Arctic etc etc

keep writing more and more keep writing more and more words!words!

JuxtaposeJuxtapose This very nice word that means; to put things This very nice word that means; to put things

with with different qualitiesdifferent qualities next to each other. next to each other.

A rabbit ice creamTurtle

pineappleHeadscarf

Fridge

Sports carDuck

Wallpaper paste

Hotel

JuxtaposeJuxtapose

So all you need to do is to make a list of So all you need to do is to make a list of different wordsdifferent words to do with your idea then to do with your idea then juxtapose them! Opposites work well for this.juxtapose them! Opposites work well for this.

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Focus your thinking!Focus your thinking!

What are the objectives of the project?What are the objectives of the project? A positive message in any medium; Paintings, A positive message in any medium; Paintings,

drawings, sculptures, poems, films etcdrawings, sculptures, poems, films etc

What do I need to show in my work?What do I need to show in my work? Try to make people aware, Show them what they Try to make people aware, Show them what they

can docan do

What do I want my artwork to say?What do I want my artwork to say?

What materials do I want to work in?What materials do I want to work in?

Creative people often use symbols so Creative people often use symbols so that you have to ‘work out’ the that you have to ‘work out’ the meaning of their work like a puzzle.meaning of their work like a puzzle.

Using symbols in your work makes Using symbols in your work makes your work intelligent and thought your work intelligent and thought provoking.provoking.

Symbolism

Develop your Develop your idea in roughidea in rough

Artists often Artists often sketch out quick, sketch out quick, rough, small rough, small drawings that drawings that are a lot like are a lot like doodles.doodles.

Writers and film Writers and film makers flesh out makers flesh out a storyboard.a storyboard.

Don’t be afraidDon’t be afraid

Begin working on the final piece of Begin working on the final piece of work. Go for it!! Be brave.work. Go for it!! Be brave.

Don’t be afraid of making mistakes Don’t be afraid of making mistakes or getting it wrong. Mistakes are the or getting it wrong. Mistakes are the only way to learn. only way to learn.

If you do go wrong, how can you put If you do go wrong, how can you put it right without starting again? it right without starting again? THINK!!!THINK!!!