Idea Generator 1



Exploring ideas for your research report. "An idea is our visual reaction to something seen - in real life, in our memory, in our imagination, in our dreams." ~ Anna Held Audette from the book, The Blank CanvasHow do artists get ideas?"Let’s discuss.David Bowie 'Inspirations' - Bing video Select some of the idea generators below and begin to explore and investigate your passions and interests and inspirationsIdea Generator 1Spend an hour (or more) writing down a list of ideas related to your project/initial ideas.In the example of writing a book, this could be a collection of ideas for stories, characters, settings, scenes, genres, character names, themes, and whatever else comes to mind that might be interesting.Let your mind wander and don’t put any pressure on the idea phase — don’t judge your ideas as they come to you, just get something on paper.Write down the sentence fragment “What if…” 20 (or more if you want) times on a piece of paper and then complete each of those sentences with questions related to your idea.In the case of writing a book, it might look like this:“What if…the hero was a teenager?”“What if…the good guy was actually the bad guy?”“What if…the story was told backwards?”Now take 3 of those what ifs and add another what if. ?See what begins to take shape. Ideas 2Look up a text, video, image that contains strong opposing points of views to your own, personally, artistically or cerebrally. See what “the other side” is saying, and use your reactions as starting points for new ideas.Ideas 3Good old-fashioned mind map or spider gram. But make you own, don’t be restricted, just be inventive and imaginative Ideas 4 Write a list of your 10 most favourite things: now try and write a poem using all those words. Ideas 5On a PowerPoint: Find a video clip, an image, a quote and exerts of text from your favourite books, poem, films, TV and art forms.React to each one: first thing that comes in your mind. Under each one write your own feelings, thought, opinion toward the work/or your own images, drawing, poems.6Untitled design - 800 × 600px () In al these ideas above, you should just relax, enjoy the process and let the ideas flow: not all will surface, but if you can come up with a germ of an idea it will naturally want to grow. ................
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