Invention is a word to describe a creation of a new form that been made by people who have study and done many different sorts of experimentation to archive that level of understanding in invention. After that, comes the word innovation which an important process to make improvement by introducing new concept ideas from realizing the social context of a creative ideas.
Then, Creativity budge in to generate new level of ideas from combining, changing, reapplying and then develop to a different kind of concept ideas by only utilizing from the root itself. Another word that be needed to complete the process is the word of novelty which also derive from word novus in Latin, mean the quality of being new whether in a form of subjective which mean the concept idea is well known to people who common to it but when it travel to a part where it is new with the concept, it became a whole new level of understanding or objective, meaning the concept ideas is something fresh and unique for people and new to their five sense until whole world accept it as part of their life.
Whether is creativity, novelty, innovation or invention, they couldn't be separate because each other got their own objective and from that, a lot of different ideas can be develop from combining the 4 words.
This is a humanoid robot, ASIMO was created by one of Japan company, Honda in 2000. From this picture, we can see how invention, innovation, creativity and novelty have combine together and create then develop back until it become the latest new concept idea. This is only the beginning of the development.
Whether is creativity, novelty, innovation or invention, they couldn't be separate because each other got their own objective and from that, a lot of different ideas can be develop from combining the 4 words.
This is a humanoid robot, ASIMO was created by one of Japan company, Honda in 2000. From this picture, we can see how invention, innovation, creativity and novelty have combine together and create then develop back until it become the latest new concept idea. This is only the beginning of the development.Yusuf Islam(Cat Steven)
Born as Steven Demetre Georgiou, 21st July 1948 in London, England commonly known by his former stage name Cat Steven whom a British musician. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam.
Stevens converted to Islam at the height of his fame, in December 1977, and adopted his uslim name, Yusuf Islam, the following year. In 1979, he auctioned all his guitars away for charity and left his music career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community.
Steven Georgiou was the third child of a greek-cypriot father, Stavros Georgiou and a Swedish mother, Ingrid Wickman. He has an older sister, Anita, and brother, David. The family lived above Moulin Rouge, the restaurant that his parents operated on the north end of Shaftesbury Avenue. He attended other local West End schools, where he says he was constantly in trouble, and did poorly in everything but art. He was called "the artist boy" and mentions that "I was beat up, but I was noticed". He went on to take a one-year course of study at Hammersmith School of Art, as he considered a career as a cartoonist.
He wanted to establish a musical career and began to perform originally under the stage name "Steve Adams" in 1965 while at Hammersmith. At that point, his goal was to become a songwriter. Among the musicians who influenced him were Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, blues artists Leadbelly and Muddy Waters, John Lennon, Biff Rose (who played on his first album), Leo Kottke, and Paul Simon. He als wanted to emulate composers who wrote musicals, like Ira Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. In 1965 he signed a publishing deal with Ardmore & Beechwood and cut several demos, including "The First Cut Is the Deepest".
- Signing with Island Record in 1970
- "Lady D'Arbanville" from Mona Bone Jakon has become the first to be released and was rewarded gold record in 1971.
- Mona Bone Jakon was the precursor for Stevens' international breakthrough album, Tea for the Tillerman, which became a top-10 Billboard hit.
Biography
Born as Steven Demetre Georgiou, 21st July 1948 in London, England commonly known by his former stage name Cat Steven whom a British musician. He is a singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, educator, philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam.Stevens converted to Islam at the height of his fame, in December 1977, and adopted his uslim name, Yusuf Islam, the following year. In 1979, he auctioned all his guitars away for charity and left his music career to devote himself to educational and philanthropic causes in the Muslim community.
Steven Georgiou was the third child of a greek-cypriot father, Stavros Georgiou and a Swedish mother, Ingrid Wickman. He has an older sister, Anita, and brother, David. The family lived above Moulin Rouge, the restaurant that his parents operated on the north end of Shaftesbury Avenue. He attended other local West End schools, where he says he was constantly in trouble, and did poorly in everything but art. He was called "the artist boy" and mentions that "I was beat up, but I was noticed". He went on to take a one-year course of study at Hammersmith School of Art, as he considered a career as a cartoonist.
He wanted to establish a musical career and began to perform originally under the stage name "Steve Adams" in 1965 while at Hammersmith. At that point, his goal was to become a songwriter. Among the musicians who influenced him were Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, blues artists Leadbelly and Muddy Waters, John Lennon, Biff Rose (who played on his first album), Leo Kottke, and Paul Simon. He als wanted to emulate composers who wrote musicals, like Ira Gershwin and Leonard Bernstein. In 1965 he signed a publishing deal with Ardmore & Beechwood and cut several demos, including "The First Cut Is the Deepest".
Musical Career
- Signing with Island Record in 1970
- "Lady D'Arbanville" from Mona Bone Jakon has become the first to be released and was rewarded gold record in 1971.
- Mona Bone Jakon was the precursor for Stevens' international breakthrough album, Tea for the Tillerman, which became a top-10 Billboard hit.
Movie Soundtrack
- In July 1970, Stevens recorded one of his songs, "But I might Die Tonight", for the Jerzy Skolimowski film Deep End.
- In 1971, Stevens provided nine songs to soundtrack of the black comedy Harold and Maude.
- In 1997, the movie Rushmore was allowed to use his songs "Here Comes My Baby" and "The Wind" after his religious conversion in the late 1970s.
- Followed in 2000 by the inlusion of "Peace Train" in the movie Remember the Titans, in 2000 by use in Almost Famous of the song "The Wind", and in 2006 the inclusion of "peace Train" on the soundtrack to We Are Marshall.
Later Recording
In May 2003, he received his first Platinum Europe Award from the IFPI for Remember Cat Stevens, The Ultimate Collection, indicating over million European sales.
Philanthropic and humanitarian awards
The main reason why I choose Yusuf Islam (Cat Steven) as a creative public figure because he has developing his artistic in music industry for a long time. Apart from being a world known musician, he also become a person who give birth to songs, the songwriter. As he converse to Islam, although he wanted to make path towards philanthropic, he still give his creative ideas in the music industry.
- In 1971, Stevens provided nine songs to soundtrack of the black comedy Harold and Maude.
- In 1997, the movie Rushmore was allowed to use his songs "Here Comes My Baby" and "The Wind" after his religious conversion in the late 1970s.
- Followed in 2000 by the inlusion of "Peace Train" in the movie Remember the Titans, in 2000 by use in Almost Famous of the song "The Wind", and in 2006 the inclusion of "peace Train" on the soundtrack to We Are Marshall.
Later Recording
In May 2003, he received his first Platinum Europe Award from the IFPI for Remember Cat Stevens, The Ultimate Collection, indicating over million European sales.
Awards
Philanthropic and humanitarian awards
- 2003 World Award also known as the "World Social Award" for "humanitarian relief work helping children and victims of war".
- 2004 Man of Peace Award presented by Mikhail Gorbachev for his "dedication to promote peace, the reconciliation of people and to condemn terrorism", the ceremony was held in Rome, Italy and attended by five Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
- 2005 Honorary Doctorate by the University of Glocestershire for services to education and humanitarian relief.
- 4 January 2007, The Mediterranean Prize for Peace in Naples, Italy. The award was received "as a result of the work he has done to increase peace in the world."
- 10 July 2007, honorary doctorate (LLD) by the University of Exeter, in recognition of "his humanitarian work and improving understanding between Islamic and Western cultures'" The ceremony was attended by esteemed personalities including Professor Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and guitarist Brian May.
- 6 November 2009, Special Achievement Award of the German Sustainabolity Award.
Music awards
- 2005 Nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- 20 October 2005, ASCAP named Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year for "The First Cut Is the Deepest"
- 8 June 2006, listed as #49 in Paste magazine's "100 Best Living Songwriters".
- 11 October 2006, awarded Songwriter of the Year for the second year running, for the same song "The First Cut Is the Deepest".
- 25 March 2007, received the German ECHO "special award for life achievements as musician and ambassador between cultures", Europe's Granny, in Berlin
- 2008 Nominated for induction into the Songwriters Hall of Fame
The main reason why I choose Yusuf Islam (Cat Steven) as a creative public figure because he has developing his artistic in music industry for a long time. Apart from being a world known musician, he also become a person who give birth to songs, the songwriter. As he converse to Islam, although he wanted to make path towards philanthropic, he still give his creative ideas in the music industry.
"Music is a lady that I still love because she gives me the air that I breathe. We need all sorts of nourishment. And music stisfies and nourishes the hunger within ourselves for connection and harmony."
Yusuf Islam
Yusuf Islam
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