Time to test your creativity. Imagine being given 3600 cups of black coffee and 560 pints of milk. What could you create? Seriously, think about it. How could you use the milk? When you have given it some thought have a look after the break to see one wonderful solution….
One group of Australians put the cups into a matrix, used the milk to make different shades of brown and created a huge version of the Mona Lisa….
Here is a video of a close-up….
What do you think? And what other ideas did you come up with?
Test your creativity…….
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I would program 1600 simple websites, or 400 simple retail sites.
But then, programmers are organisms that convert caffeine (or alcohol, I’m told) into code.
The title of this is misleading.
This is not as the first line states “Time to test your creativity.” It is an article about something creative.
Sorry to be pedant but there’s enough rubbish wasting our time.
Do better in future Richard.
R!
I would build the greatest coffee pyramid you have ever seen. Then I would drink it, and transcend the bonds and limits of humanity through the greatest caffeine high ever (or maybe I’d just die. Either way, caffeine high).
So in conclusion, creativity tested, article is win.
You didn’t suggest anything creative to do with the milk and coffee. It’s not Richards fault that you just refused to be creative
oops…”Richard’s fault”, sorry, I hate it when people misuse apostrophes.
Free and open creativity can give birth to incredible things.
When my son was six he asked for a laboratory set with a nice microscope. When it arrived he was so excited to get started. Nearly everyday that summer he would gather things from around the house, spatulas, bowls, dish soap, spices, baking soda, grapes–whatever I would allow him to take to the back yard where he’d lay it all out on our large wooden picnic table. Each day before he went out, he would let everyone know that he was going out to do “Spearmints” and as such should be left alone in his backyard laboratory.
He conducted some very interesting “Spearmints” with some very interesting results. In later years he went on to win top prizes in science fairs for ideas that some would consider funny and hair-brained. One was his curiosity about wether or not our dog suffered from Alopecia. He collected and counted her hair for 6 weeks. His presentation was so funny the judges laughed openly. His research was flawless. He got first prize.
Creativity is essential for fully living in the world, for fully experiencing the whole idea of being alive.
Cheers, Rubes
Wow that is an amazing picture! I am obviously not very creative, couldn’t think of anything to do with that much coffee and milk, especially as I can’t stand either!
I agree with Rodney!
This is not creative. It’s duplication. And it’s not even an interesting duplication.
I thought of standing outside of a subway station, and offering a cup of coffee to whomever said that they would take part in the happiness experiment.
The Mona Lisa is clever!
Free coffee for anyone in my general proximity!
please consume responsibly.
Probably, make coffee cake, and serve it with a nice glass of milk
I would make coffee flavoured yogurt. All I’d need would be some starter. Surprisingly enough coffee flavoured yogurt is quite tasty.
That would make a whole hell of a lot of yogurt though…
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Crazy. What sort of Australian measures milk in PINTS?
Speaking of coffee, some time ago I did some home experiments to ascertain the perfect ratio of coffee to milk. Of course, the answer is a matter of opinion, but if lots of people carried out similar experiments, you could map the statistical distribution of people’s preferences from “lots of milk” to “no milk”, and that would be sort of neat.
Me, I think the perfect ratio is four thirds of a metric teaspoon of milk to three quarters of a metric teaspoon of dark, freeze-dried, instant coffee. Plus enough hot water to fill the mug. One metric teaspoon = 5 mL.
With tea, I can’t give a ratio because I have no way to measure how much I actually get out of the teabag, but the ideal quantity of milk is two thirds of a metric teaspoon in the mug.
I’m surprised that someone could find this not to be creative, I don’t know of anyone who’s made art from coffee before!
It’s more like a recreation than a duplication, but I can sympathise with wishing to recreate something famous – it has more impact than just: “oh look, someone made a picture of a bowl of fruit out of coffee cups…”
As for this testing creativity, I agree with Bucket, in that it did make me start thinking of clever ways to use the supplies. As it happens, I came up with the same principle they had used, i.e: using different shades to create art, but that’s what you were supposed to think, so I suppose I’m bound to approve of the Richard’s test…
Having said that, I’m supremely untalented artistically, so I’d have to hand off to my brother after the thinking stage!
I’d sell the coffee and slowly build up the next coffee empire, thereby becoming a coffee magnate. The best part? I hate coffee.
a coffee kitchen for the homeless
3600 cups black “coffee”
560 PINTS “MILK”
—————————————-
4160 cup black PINTS “c o f f e e M I L K” + s
and …what to do?
(to be into a big) black cup
(of) 4160 PINTS
(and) f e e L f o c K I M /so sorry :S
+ s
…..or they could profoundly make hundreds of people’s day better by providing the needy with a nice drink.
Oddly, the first thing I thought of was putting a cup of coffee in with some cat food each day, and see what happened to the cat.
By this time the milk would have gone off, so it would be very good for pouring on annoying trick-or-treaters at halloween.
Perhaps these aren’t the best ideas…
i’d sell it all and make loads of cash!$$
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