Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi is known for his theory of “flow” and how it relates to creativity.
Flow is the state you get in when doing something you love. Time and space drop away. We’ve all had this experience. We start doing something we like doing, then look up and see that three or four hours have passed. That’s flow.
This can be applied in all sorts of ways. One is to give kids opportunities to get into this state – extended, uninterupted creative activity. Another is to increase our own opportunities for flow.
