1. SENSES DRIVE CREATIVITY
CREATIVITY DRIVE SENSES
Team:
Paulina Tomanek, Celestyna Krol, Paulina Garstka
for
Assignments: Getting To Know You
A Crash Course on Creativity
Professor Tina Seelig
Stanford University
24th October 2012
2. „I am Paulina and I’m 19 years old. I come from beautiful country that is Poland but aiming to find some
adventures in the ordinary live and take challenge I decided to take up studies in one of the most beautiful place
in the world that is Scotland and currently I’m a second year student of Management with HR (Human
Resources). It is also one of the reasons I’m doing the “Crash on Creativity Course”. The idea was suggested by
one of my lecturer. In the beginning I wasn’t too enthusiastic about because as far I associated creativity only with
artists. Nonetheless, it didn’t take much time to convince myself that I was wrong. Creativity is used in numerous
other fields i.a. business that I’m highly interested in. After small research I changed my mind and now I’m sure
that adventure can help me to develop my skills which may occur useful in my studies and career.”
Paulina Tomanek (aka Paulina T.)
3. „I'm here because creativity has no limits. Creativity surrounds me from all around, creativity is my everyday job,
creativity gives me power, creativity gives me perspectives, creativity opens my mind. There is always something
new to learn.
I am a freelance photographer, taking pictures of people, interiors, dogs, weddings, film sets. Every day is a new
experience, new people, new situations, new creative ideas. Sometimes I need to find the hidden beauty,
sometimes I need to discover the hidden talents, sometimes I need to be patient and I always have to be open to
other people and their creative ideas. Apart from photography I also supervise design projects (CI for companies),
I do translations, I write texts for magazines. I love my life and the fact that there is always lots of various things
happening around me.
I like to be active and this is probably why I enjoy all sports and whenever possible we try to spend time with
friends actively.”
Celestyna Król (aka Celestyna)
4. „I am here because I really like to sit with white paper and create something from "nothing". For me "nothing" is
just an illusion, because we have so many experiences, data, information, pictures in our mind, that give us great
opportunity to creation. Sometimes we just need a little impulse to create great things for ourselves and for others.
So I hope that I will find here lots of drivers for creativity.
In my job I am focused on sustainability and corporate social responsibility. I work for big companies, which want
to change their business strategies or brand strategies in socially and environmentally responsible way. In my job
very important aspect is finding solutions for real and effective change, which bring value for the company and for
the environment and society.
In my private life I really love explore areas, where my senses can feel happy. So I like: music, cinema, urban
culture, design, cooking and eating together with my crew of crazy friends.”
Paulina Garstka (aka Paulina G.)
5. Creativity is like all our senses used at once. Senses drive
creativity, creativity drives senses! Senses provide data for
perception! Sometimes certain senses dominate, sometimes
we don't realize that it was not only the eyes for example that
gave us the new idea. Maybe the sight came together with
smell, maybe with a sound we heard on the street, or maybe it
was just the tone of someone's voice. This is why we decided
to describe and explore our senses in this assignment.
6. „I grew up in very musician family and my mum who graduated music academy passed me her
interesting in music. Nevertheless, music for me it’s not only melody and nice voice. For me music is a
way to relax, to run away from every-day problems. It’s extremely difficult to specify what kind of music
I listen because much depends from my mood. It’s soul, classical music, rock but one of the most
magical is symphonic metal which contains wide range of different kinds of music such as: classical
singing, symphonic orchestra , and metallic music. Also, I enjoy some kind of folk music what is
strongly connected to traveling because while visiting new places I try to listen local music to get
familiar with the culture.”
Paulina T.
Here are couple of links of songs I like…do you want to hear something? :
7. „From electronic, through soul to classical music. Music gives me good mood, music calms me down,
music activates me, music inspires me.”
Celestyna
Here are couple of my favourite artists…do you want to know someone?
DJ Shadow
Breakbot
Massive Attack
Coco Rosie
Caspa
Nigtmares on Wax
Tricky
Nicolas Jaar
Dreadzone
Plan B
Psapp
Flying Lotus
8. „Music is with me every day. I listen from nu-jazz, through different varieties of funk and hip hop music,
to new electronic and industrial music. I like experiments with rhythm, bass, noise and melody.
Paulina G.
Here are couple of my favourite record labels and festivals …enjoy
9. „My huge passion are travels. I love
meeting new people from different cultures.
However, traveling mainly allows my eyes
to see numerous wonderful, beautiful
places around our amazing world. I above
are pictures from fabulous Scotland where
I currently live and where I discover such
brilliant places almost every day.”
Paulina T.
10. „My favourite films…
…I'm also interested in Street Art:
product design, graphic
Blu
design, poster art and
architecture.” Roa
Celestyna
Photography:
Design (furniture):
Gaetano Pesce
Hella Jongerius
11. „Film gives me the possibility to move into totally different reality…
…Sometimes it makes me laugh and sometimes it
makes me cry, but I love this magical atmosphere.”
PLAY
PLAY
„Murals and urban culture gives me sense of freedom.”
Paulina G.
Erica il Cane Stik
Blu
12. „There is one thing that influences both of the sense and gives me much, much fun- it’s cooking.
I love cooking and even more eating. The process of preparation the meal, when raw materials
like vegetables, meet, spices and many others arias in one wonderful meal. In addition, all
process is associated by beautiful smells. Cooking is a kind of art where the final judges are
receptors of smell (in our nose) and taste (on our tongue).
My personal favorite dish is “nalesnik” which is a polish meal. Although the recipe is very simple
it’s difficult to describe it. I can say that it’s kind of british pancake. “
Paulina T.
Here are polish “nalesniks”…
…and here you have link to the recipe. It is in polish,
but google translator will help you for sure .
http://www.kwestiasmaku.com/kuchnia_polska/nalesniki/nalesniki.html
13. „„I love improvising in the kitchen and I like
cooking with friends. I consider food as one of
the greatest pleasures in life”
Celestyna
14. "For me eating and cooking is one of the best way of sharing with others.”
Paulina G.
I really like cooking …
…but somethimes I have little problems .
15. „I’ve been wondering for a while what makes me happy and is connected to touch. It seemed
very difficult but the solution is very simple. I have big family and many children in the family in
addition I’m working as a babysitter and I can claim that the most pleasurable experience
connected with touch is the feeling of child’s kiss on my cheek and hug when their small hands
surround my neck.“
Paulina T.
