I am disappointed that we are not able to produce our own equivalent because we are so contrived, and top down driven. The MRT fiasco only served to reinforced this.
See article in Jakarta Globe
Surabaya. A group of policewomen took an unusual approach to crowd control at a May Day protest in Indonesia on Wednesday, breaking into a performance of “Gangnam Style” to keep demonstrators happy.
Thousands of protesters in the city of Surabaya in eastern Java cheered with excitement as around 80 female officers did the signature horseriding dance from South Korean rapper Psy’s global hit.....
Stick rigidly to our old winning formula and eventually our neighbors will pass us by. We are truly becoming old. Just look at how tired SQ is. Our national bird is also our canary in the coal mine.
The thing is, when creativity is shown, people generally are punished for it.
ReplyDeleteThe govt punishes you
Your higher ups punishes you at work
Your peers punishes you for rocking the boat.
Your family punishes you for being different.
Doing a copycat gangnam style on the streets is creative?
ReplyDeleteScientists are creative.
The invention of the search engine is creative.
The creation of the PC is creative.
The creation of the gangnam style dance is creative.
Heck, even crack cocaine is innovative as hell.
But a copycat dance? The keyword is copycat. Nope, not creative at all. I hope there are few Singaporeans engaged in such mindless imitation.
I guess the birth of Mr Liem is the most uncreative process on earth
Deletewell you can try to argue bout creativity to crowd that willing to burn you alive
Deletethere's slight chance it will work though
when the crowd feel so damn bored
And your point is?
DeleteI don't think that the crowd was going to burn the policewomen alive but even so, how does that make those policewoman any more creative? So saving your own skin is considered creativity?
Why are both of you having this argument here? The wise person is the one who knows when to stop.
DeleteI am blogging for myself. I almost never respond to comments except requests for help. This is one of those rare exceptions.
my point is
Deletemy creative brain told me that try to argue about creativity to mass crowd willing to burn you alive
smell like creative enough to solve the problem to keep alive
in case you still dont get it
uncle, you're talking bout originality not creativity to find the solution of an issue
sorry la I just try to introduce ripple to induce creativity
Deleteyou see, this kind of argument in creative society
is damn normal
afterall this post is bout creativity rite
PengYou: I did not intend to make this into an argument and I believe was civil in my response.
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