23.10.13

Edwart Titchener, "A text book of Psychology", " the suggestion has been made that an abstract idea is a sort of composite photograph, a mental picture which results from the superimposition of many particular perceptions or ideas, and which therefore shows the common elements distinct and the individual elements blurred"
"An abstract description of the Image and its functions as a Picture, Signs and Symbols from the book "Visual Thinking" by Rudolf Arnheim. This visualization represents the affordance in abstractness related to images."

22.10.13

Mind maps for the paper:

Early: Practice, related artists, research. Date 1.10.2013
Current version: beginning to structuring ideas, and references. Date 23.10.2013
“Photorealistic image” is a term that refers to a representation of a certain materialities. Its quality defined by the image’ s optical character of the image' s resemblance to human-vision and/or photographic image. 

Photorealistic image also may refer to photorealism which is an art movement in painting. Photorealist painters, by using photographs, gathers visual tonal and texture values of the image, then he creates the painting which indistinguishable from a photograph.


Composite images that consists photographs and/or computer generated synthetic images  can be defined according to their above-mentioned visual qualities.

8.10.13

CREATIVITY ( After Research)


I think that I can simplify the term: Creativity is connecting ideas.

I still agree with my statements in previous post. But, I should re-organize the part that mentions about stimulators of creativity. I will summarize it in three parts respectively: curiosity, motivation, trial/error. I think curiosity is the core element for creativity, that is also keeps creator motivated and motivate him/her to try.  In my view, this loops of feedbacks are essences of creativity.

There is one definition about creativity according to Mumford, that I have disagreed with it: Usefulness of the output. In other terms, industrialist perspective of creativity; efficiency of the product.

 Evolution of analog camera movement “lomography” is a good example in terms of its quality of usefulness. In Soviet Union era, some intelligence officers carry pocket cameras to take a picture of given assignment without being detected by enemy. So, no time to organize the composition carefully. Beginning with the discovery of a LOMO camera in 1992,  Lomography took that idea of random, irregular, mostly intstinctive organization of composition and added some photographic effects to the concept, such as over saturation, over exposure, optical distortions, etc. Today, lomography cameras are produced specifically to create these effects.  When you think of photo-camera’s design to capture a moment as sharp and realistic as possible, they are pretty much useless. So, there is a huge lomography community and mobile phone applications like instagram took that visual culture one step further to enable the photographer to use effects freely. In the end, that is fair to say, a couple of ideas got connected by creative individuals, and they created a part of our daily visual environment.
CREATIVITY ( Before research/ Written on 6/10/2013)

In my view, creativity is a way of thinking that emerges on a subconscious level of mind and crafted by individual experience.

In this status of interaction between human intellect and knowledge, I think, creativity has two stimulators: Trial/error and networking ideas. Right along with making quality connections between ideas and concepts within existing web of knowledge, “ trial/error” part may add unique perspectives to the process. In another term, personal experiences that the creator have on related topic may flourish creativity by enhancing capability of networking ideas.

Creativity is not a progress, simply a process. It can be interpretation of conventional or a proposal for its destruction.

Outcome of creativity may not be unique. I think uniqueness is a relative phenomenon and should be evaluated within relevant context.