creative overwhelm

Motivation, Learning, Creativity, and Flow. flow is an optimized state of conciousness where we feel our best and perform our best. Motivation is what gets us into the game, learning is how we play, creativity is how we steer and get to those goals, and flow is how we amplify those results. What is flow? Optimal state of consciousness where we feel our best. “six core phenominalogical characteristics” was there complete concentration on the task at hand? was there a merger of action awareness? did self vanish? did time dilate? what we feel is a sense of control. the experience is autotelic. it’s so euphoric, so wonderful that we extraordinarily go farther than we thought we could. neurological/biological - markers in the brain and physiology. Flow is effortless. Dates back to 1870s. German work rausche - overflowing with joy.

Flow state