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For years I was a dog groomer. I used to call that flow state, the Zen of dog grooming. Music choice was the group War or Yanni. I couldn't carry on a conversation, and didn't like distractions. I was mobile groomer for many years and it was often very nice to be one with the dog, the environment and easy. I am happy to see that this can happen now with my creative process with art.

Oddly, I have found that when I get into flow, that I was playing the same sound track in my studio all the time. I thought it was a little weird at first, like I let the music loop and re-loop but I found that It takes me into flow. FYI for someone else, trying to do this, flow thing. 👍

Great podcast. Thank you!

Thank you, Stephanie. I am new to your channel and this video alone brought you another subscriber ☺️ I am no painter, but I love to play with colours. What you describe is very useful, and I try it before I have to do something specific and mundane. It does work (if I remember to do it or if I have the space to, that is). For me, the state of flow you allude to is my natural state. I experience it when I play with colours or charcoal, when I write, when I pray, and when I am in a conversation with people I work for (I am a social worker). When I paint or write, I have an initial idea (more or less vague), then something happens, like a door to other worlds opens… I am dancing with ‘it’ (at that point it’s no longer an idea, it’s a lived experience). The best I could describe it is a process of ‘co- creation’- sometimes I just observe, most of the times it’s like a dialogue. Like a dance. Like an adventure (I am a curious person) where new and new vistas open and they make me gasp with delight. The words flow, my hand and eyes look from different perspectives, I behold and create at the same time. That is my natural state, and when I ‘come back’ even hours might have passed. Unfortunately, life is what it is, and usually something mundane (worries about paying the rent, sheer pointless noise, or any other interruption) happens… and it’s gone. In those moments I feel like somebody pulls me , yanks me down, to reality. It is EXTREMELY frustrating and it feels like an utter waste of time. Yes, I am an introvert 😄 who hopes that on the other side of life I will live in a desert, in a small house with a chapel and a studio with glass walls and ceiling. I will paint there, write amongst the paintings, and do pottery. At night I will go on the rooftop and get engulfed by the starry sky flowing from above, take a deep breath like a murmur of a song, and dive in, on a new adventure. This is my flow. (Sorry about my rant). Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks, again.

Love it….thank you! ❤🙏🏻

This was fantastic advice! Bravo

Best “high” ever! Developing the Flow State require brutal “physical” training, constant repetition…until it becomes “natural” and “easy”.

i love when an ad about car insurance blasts right in the middle of trying to get in a state of mind

Ok, that’s what it’s called. I get so focused and into my art but if I get pulled out of this Flo state I can get real mad! 😳❤️🙌🏻🌼

In the 1970s psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's work brought this phenomenon into the spotlight, coining the term "flow" in his book "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience." The distortion of time is a hallmark characteristic of flow. We studied "flow" in the late 80's when you were young enough to think how silly something is. Then in the 90's as an artist you figure out you just know you were there usually after. Excellent video. I thought it was funny right as you said touch the door knob and ad pops up. LOL