Forced Connection - Part 1

Task : To relate adjectives to random objects and create some meaning and/or story
Time: 45 minutes

Gah, ain't those words even too random to connect together? 

But at the end, the whole point of this module is to train the mind.

1. Passionate - Candle

Passion is symbolized by the big flame it carries.

On fire = passionate!

Candle is something we'd want to call passionate, for it is always willing to sacrifice its wax to light the fire, even if it means its body has to gradually diminish and nothing will be left. Reminds me of never- ending love of a mother, always gives and never hopes for something in return.

I only wonder if the melted wax is actually candle's tears. 

... Aw :(

2. Sad - Plug 

Plug is sad and pathetic, for it can not function if not inserted into the socket. What a dependent soul! Dependent means needy, and if one always needs another in order to live, it is not a good thing. Chance to survive life: low.

The sadness can also be portrayed by the sad "face" of plug.

This is another evidence we find on our screens occasionally:

3.Brave - Pencil

Pencil is brave, for it wants to hurt itself by running bare-feet on a clean paper. Its graphite may stain, it also may write/ sketch/ draw something beautiful. Who knows what a pencil could do? But as it stepped on a surface, game on: a pencil is a risk- taker. Think ice- skater and roller- blader!

Refer to a narrative of pencil i made here

4. Creative - Computer Mouse

Quoted from creativesomething.net, to be creative is to map out a thousand different routes to reach one destination. 

Wait... mapping out a thousand different routes to reach one destination? That sounds like what a computer mouse would do when it's browsing on internet!


Click, click, click, we're brought to new tabs and windows of web pages and get to discover new knowledge. A mouse is adventurous and curious.

It also adapts really well to new environment, since its usb "tail" can connect to various devices.

A computer mouse is able to multi task as well: with just a click, a lot could be done. A creative person can do a lot of things and is willing to pull all of his talents out for the better of his surrounding. A mouse truly has balls! Pun intended.

Click, click, don't you  already feel like putting your dance shoes on?

5. Greedy - Cup

I love pretty tea cups. Nevertheless, if something from the list is to be connected to the word "greedy" ( which it is ) I have to choose cup, for its various characteristics.

• Its hollow opening shows that it is ready to take a big quantity of water/tea/other drinks
• Its folding arm reflects bossiness
• Its straight bottom part disables its body to tilt/ rotate, so it just sits all the time doing nothing.
• It sits on a saucer, although it knows that it weighs heavy after being filled with tea.

6. Hardworking - Clock

Clock never stops ticking, as it is running under time and time waits for no one. Its hands don't get tired of moving 24/7. Yet it still finds time in the morning to wake you up whenever you want it to do. A clock is tireless and full of energy.

Associated with number, clock also represents hard-work. Number could relate to quantity, mathematics and money. A lot of people work hard so that they can achieve good amount of money and live well.


I found this picture of traditional sand - clock.

I feel like this is somehow connected to "hardworking" as well. The little space in the middle makes it difficult for the sand to get through. It takes a long time to fill up one section/side of the clock; just like a hard work that takes a long process.

(never did I know I would ever have clock as a role model)