Mihály Csíkszentmihályi: Flow, Creativity & the Evolving Self - Thinking Allowed DVD w/ Mishlove
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In Part 1 of this three-part program, Mihály Csíkszentmihályi discusses the results of over thirty years researching the lives of highly creative individuals. He points out that creativity involves a lifelong commitment that begins with one's personal life and moves beyond to the larger cultural domain. In Part 2, Csikszentmihalyi discusses his work on "flow," a state of consciousness that entails a passionate involvement with life. This state is reported in similar language by creative people in all areas of life. It is associated with happiness and a commitment to a full and rewarding life. Flow is often cultivated through physical disciplines such as sports, yoga and martial arts. In Part 3, Csikszentmihalyi explores the application of the theory of evolution to human consciousness. He maintains that we are at a point in evolutionary history where it is incumbant upon us to take conscious control over the future evolution of the mind. We do this by striving for complexity. Complexity entails an openness to the cultural and spiritual traditions of the world in a manner that seeks the common threads of integration.
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is a professor of psychology at the University of Chicago. He is author of several books including Flow, The Evolving Self and Creativity.
Excellent evidence that it is the context/society & not the creative impulse that leads to dejected depression & other psychoneurosis; Creativity thrives on positivity & encouragement, as well as challenge via persistence (sweat equity); gotta love it.
If you are comfortable you do not see the necessity to stretch yourself. In other words, you do not need to be creative.
For those who are struggling to make ends meet, if they get the support and think for themselves, they become creatives!
Necessity inspires ingenuity & creative effort.
I love Jeffrey Mishlove
still love it!!
He describes me 100%. Always thinking, creating new things, ideas, products, solutions.
Great!!
This was great, been searching for "how to get yourself into a creative state of mind" for a while now, and I think this has helped. You ever tried - Fiylianaton Glorious Framework - (do a google search ) ? It is an awesome one of a kind product for discovering how to hack your flow state and succeed without the normal expense. Ive heard some amazing things about it and my work buddy got amazing success with it.
I think there is a connection between mental illness and creativity. Certainly not a necessary connection, but there does seem to be some underlying biological overlap between the two domains. For instance, schizophrenia and hypomania both (probably) stem at least partly from high dopamine levels. This often results in a flight of ideas or some much less severe stream-of-consciousness type of thinking/speaking. With schizophrenia especially, these ideas are very disconnected, but at the same time there is a sort of free association made between things which a normal person would never think to relate to each other. In the arts more so than the sciences, this free association is integral to the creative process. This doesn't mean you need to be a schizo to be an artist, but this same sort of abnormality of thought and feeling is a current running through both. I'm sure his hypothesis about the role of society/culture in alienating many artists plays a part, but I doubt it's the entire story. There are too many creative types who are clearly unbalanced and were so from a young age, prior to seriously pursuing their craft.
Csikszentmihalyi clearly knows far more than I do about this topic and I should study what he has to say about it more, but these are observations I've made in response to hearing similar dismissals of the tortured artist stereotype. It's hard for me to believe there's no basis in reality for it whatsoever.
Before the arts had wealthy patrons usually royalty & nobility such as the de Medicis now it’s all about fame & playing to the gallery
Let me out!!!!!! Wow, this is too true.....
middle class => stuck-in-the-middle, neither here nor there...
I traveled as a musician for years. Those who found success thru perseverance were from situations of modest means, proverty or disfunction. They did not have much to return to.
In my experience that was not true about the most creative. They were just creative and at some level did the work. This a fascinating subject.
Just lacking c r e a t i v i t y - and on a grand scale . . . Creativity is t h e conditio sine qua non 4 any FLOW !!