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Doodling, FTW!

By Monica Yoo on October 5, 2011 in Creativity, Photos and Videos, Psychology

Growing up, my mother has always told me I was a doodler and writer. I didn’t believe her until she pulled out a giant box full of notebooks, sticky notes and scratch paper with squiggles, diagrams and random thoughts written down that spanned from my childhood and throughout my college years. Two thoughts ran through my head. 1) “Wow, my mom saved all this stuff?” and 2) “Wow, what was I thinking??”

Good to know that all that brainstorming and doodling was productive. =)

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Experimenting with Lenses

By Monica Yoo on September 28, 2011 in Creativity, Fun Stuff, Photos and Videos

I recently got the 50mm f/1.8 G lens and took it to Discovery Green to test it out.

These were my favorite pictures from the evening.

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The 3 A’s of Awesome by Neil Pasricha

By Monica Yoo on September 22, 2011 in Fun Stuff, Neat Things, Photos and Videos, Words of Wisdom

This TED talk really cheered me up today. I had never heard of Neil Pasricha or his blog, 1000 Awesome Things, but he does an amazing job reminding us of how much we have to be happy and appreciative about.

Definitely flashin’ a big smile right now. =)

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Making Pop to Classical

By Monica Yoo on September 15, 2011 in Fun Stuff, Photos and Videos

Just discovered a classical musical group called Aston. They’re a group of six young members from Sydney Conservatorium of Music that transforms pop music into a classical masterpiece. I love it!

Compare the original to the Aston version.

La Roux – Bulletproof

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Why We Reject Creative Ideas

By Monica Yoo on September 10, 2011 in Business and News, Creativity, Psychology

We all agree that creativity is highly valuable, but why is that we’re still resistant to creative ideas? The news site ScienceDaily explains some interesting findings.

Based on the experiments at the University of Pennsylvania:

Creative ideas are by definition novel, and novelty can trigger feelings of uncertainty that make most people uncomfortable.
People dismiss creative ideas in favor of ideas that are purely practical — tried and true.
Objective evidence shoring up the validity of a creative proposal does not motivate people to accept it.
Anti-creativity bias is so subtle that people are unaware of it, which can interfere with their ability to recognize a creative idea.

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Kinetic Typography

By Monica Yoo on September 10, 2011 in Creativity, Fun Stuff, Photos and Videos

I’ve always been into typography because it’s more than just shapes of the words, it conveys a tone that can’t be expressed by words alone. This why you can express anger by using big and bold font and happiness through curly font. Kinetic typography combines this quality with the storytelling ability of animation that makes it fun and entertaining.

It’s interesting to also note the impact that typography has in branding and identification. The video below shows several examples of this. You’ll be surprised how many brands you can identify just by the typography. See for yourself!