Creativity and Flow
Oct 26 by tom in Culture, Science Tags:creativity, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, psychology, TED
from TED
This video is about this guy with the unpronounceable last name’s research into the mental states of creativity, etc., which he calls “flow.” An interesting look at the psychology of creativity in relation to the “normal” world.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi says creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives. A leading researcher in positive psychology, he has devoted his life to studying what makes people truly happy: “When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.” He is the architect of the notion of “flow” — the creative moment when a person is completely involved in an activity for its own sake.
Er, if you don’t see a video, click one of the gray bars and it should load the player.
