New Look!

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

I decided to give my sneakers a new look

so here we are  : )

[Before]

  

[During...]

    

    

[After]

              

Steps [1]: A Vision

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

Steps [0]: Utopia...A Deeper Look
Steps [1]: A Vision

I wanna do stuff like this :)

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If someone knows how to start doing such stuff, plz leave a comment :)
Thank you.

Think Different!

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

You know this famous quote "They laugh cause I'm different and I laugh cause they're all the same" :D?
Well it's a fact that we're different...so why think in a traditional way?
Let your thoughts take you wherever and maybe you'll be that distinguished character who'll actually make a difference.

In 2005, I took a course called "Think Different". It was all about creative thinking and how to be creative.
It began with a simple questionnaire that was supposed to tell you whether you are creative or not.
I don't remember it all, but what stuck in my mind was a question that said: "Do you mix and match with your clothes?"

Well, who don't?! It is quite rare that you meet a girl who wears this specific scarf with this specific shoes and this specific bag and this specific...............you get the point. I believe that even boys don't do this!
The point is, most of the people will definitely answer this question with a "Yes".
and the questionnaire said that if you answered at least 1 question with a yes, then you're creative!
So they started by telling us you're all creative (in a practical way).

From the funny tasks that we took this session was to spend 1 week trying to get off your bed each day in a different way. Like jumping, falling, putting ur hands first on the floor, ........

In 2007, I joined a workshop in ACES that was called mindcodecs, which was also about creativity.
from the most practical and usable things I learned there was the PO.
What PO?
It stands for Provocative Operation. This term was created by Edward De Bono (who also created the 6 thinking hats) [search for it if you wanna learn more, it's interesting ;)]

How I first used this process? well we were teamed up and we needed to find a name for our team. So, we decided to use this operation. I opened a novel that I was holding and got to a random page & we started searching for random words in the page and chose "topaz blu sky" to be our name :)

So as a conclusion...
We're ALL creative.
There are loots of techniques that you can learn to increase your creativity.
Start with yourself and try to exercise being creative.

And a small note...when you are thinking about some important issue and you really need some creative ideas and you can't find any, it doesn't mean that you are not creative!

do not pressure your mind and always remember "The way to get good ideas is to get lots of ideas, and throw the bad ones away."  ~Linus Pauling

Finally..
You see things as they are and ask, Why? I dream things as they never were and say, Why not?"

Steps [0]: Utopia...A Deeper Look

Al Salam 3alikom w ra7mat Allah w barakatoh

Steps [0]: Utopia...A Deeper Look

Steps [1]: A Vision

Utopia...المدينة الفاضلة

The Perfect Place

That place that doesn't exist in real life.

I really wish some day we would come to a point where people are seeking to build this Utopia.

I have this paper now on my notice board

It's as shown "my steps to paradise" paper..

It should contain steps that I'm already taking right now and stuff that may encourage me.

Now it has an intentions paper & a statement which says: "Utopia...a deeper look".

For me "Utopia" always referred to the conference held in Talaee el Kamal School. but in this paper I meant another Utopia.

A bigger Dream that I have...

1st you'll need to know my motive...so check this fatwa about cartoons for kids and search for:

"وهذه بعض الإيجابيات من مشاهدة الطفل لهذه البرامج :"

and start reading from there.

The following was concluded:

بعد تبيّن هذه الإيجابيات والسلبيات ، يبدو الموقفُ الشرعيّ بعدَ ذلك واضحًا إن شاءَ الله تعالى ، فكلما وجدت السلبياتُ أكثر اقتربَ الحكمُ إلى التحريمِ أكثر ، وما أمكنَ فيه تجنبُّ هذه السلبيات اقتربَ إلى الجواز ، وهذا يدلنا على ضرورةِ السعي لإيجاد شركاتِ إنتاجٍ لأفلامِ الكرتونِ الإسلاميةِ ، بحيث تُغرَسُ فيها جميعُ الفضائل ، وتُنفَى عنها جميع المضار والرذائل .

This was how I had this Dream..

I came to this fatwa when i was searching for something which is totally unrelated to it.

I read it & I had my vision of this company...The R&D department not only wiz employees but also with kids to develop the most interesting cartoons & games EVER.

I remembered "Richie Richie" and how the little boy & his friends began in developing the chocolate to have a better taste. Well they are the target market, so their opinions must be highly appreciated & most probably will be VERY valuable!

I can see the kids enjoying watching these cartoons & gaining wonderful experience & developing their skills. I can see their parents feeling safe that their kids are not harmed in anyway by watching these cartoons, in the contrary they're always gaining more information & their behavior is getting better.

Well it's not just that. They're also learning about The Prophet -peace and mercy be upon him- & the noble companions. I see a 10 years old boy/girl knowing as much information as if they've read encyclopedias. I see them enjoying their science class @ school, because they saw the real thing in the cartoon & they can relate to it.

I see them having a vision to their life & a Big goal :)

I see a whole new better generation coming up to raise this Umma!

you may think of it like: "give me a break, all of this gonna happen because of a cartoon company?!"

well have you ever heard about the story of Microsoft, Apple or Pixar animations??

They all started small, ended BIG.

What make them special or better than us??

I guess it's the will. and the wish to change.

"Dare to make a difference".

i've always been praying Allah to Use me :$

and Subhan Allah I've passed by this fatwa wiz no apparent reason.

I had this idea & I took some steps towards it (okay little ones, but @ least i'm thinking about it now).

So here I am again praying Allah "اللهم استخدمني و لا تستبدلني"

and asking for the HIS Help & Mercy

and hoping that one day I'd make something that deserve to be brought with me yawm Al Keyama to tell prophet Mohammed "I did that for Allah, for You & for Islam".

May be "Utopia...a chance to change" is the nawah (seed) for "Utopia...A Deeper look"

May be both together would affect the new generation & would make people happier.

A Chance to Change...

sorry if i've been talking a lot about an idea...that may or may not be true one day

and most probably ain't important to most of the readers now :$ :$

I just wished to share...may be this would motivate someone to make something good and may be it would push me to take more real steps :)

Thanks for reading =)

Al Salam 3alikom w ra7mat Allah w barakatoh

Super

السلام عليكم و رحمة الله و بركاته

just watch the videos :D

Marvelous masha'Allah