modding

Video game players can create their own version of video or computer games which is called modding. This allows people to take the structure of a pre-existing game and put their own brand of creativity on it. They can design their own custom story, maps, architecture, music, looks of characters, and whatever else they can come up with. Modding is creative because it allows people to create something new and useful. It is useful in that it is a playable game that also differs from what already exists.  This is an example of little c creativity.

deception

I watched the movie "Easy A" which starts with Olive lying to her best friend Rhiannon to get out of camping with Rhiannon and her hippy family. Olive did not want to go camping with Rhiannon and her family but also did not want to hurt her best friends feelings by telling her that she did not want to go. So instead she decides to come up with a lie that will provide a reason why she cannot go camping and will also not hurt her best friends feelings. The lie that Olive comes up with is that she has a date with a college guy named George. After the weekend is over Rhiannon asks Olive about her date. This causes Olive to have to build more lies on top of the one lie she already told. She ends up saying she lost her virginity to the college guy she went out with. This is overheard and spread throughout the entire school. Olive then decides to use the school's rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing. She lets guys pay her to pretend to have had done some sort of sexual act with them. This is creative because first she finds a lie that serves the purpose of being getting out of camping and not hurting her best friends feelings along with being innovative. Next, when the lies take on larger scale she uses them to advance her status and to make some extra cash. This takes her innovation and usefulness of lying to a much larger scale.

9/11

Most of us remember that on September 11th, 2001 the terrorist group al-Qaeda hijacked four planes with the interntion of flying them in suicide attacks on target buildings. They hit the World Trade Center and caused mass terror, destruction, and death. What most of us do not consider is how creative this act was. This plan was carefully planned and put into operation. It took a lot of thought and work which was a different way to send a message relevent to their cause. Al-Qaeda had objections with American foreign policy in regards to Israel, as well as the American's continued presence in Saudi Arabia after the Gulf War. However misguided we believe the actions of al-Qauda to be, there is no denying the creativity of their terrorist attack. 

 

bra latch

Most bras have their latch on back. This makes it so that females have to latch the bra behind their backs without being able to see what they are doing. A very creative invention was to make a bra in which the latch is on the front. This allows females to see what they are doing while latching their bra making the process a little bit easier. Not only can the females now see what they are doing but also use their hands in front of them which is easier than using your hands behind your back. It is creative because not only is it different, new, and innovative, but it is also useful in that its relvent to the functionality of bra.