Comments on: Creative Flow

By: How to get the inspiration you need to achieve flow | Thoughtwrestling

How to get the inspiration you need to achieve flow | Thoughtwrestling — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 09:47:57 +0000

[...] There is one obvious exception to this: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi and his book titled, Flow. In his book he tries to describe creative energy and largely succeeds. In his terminology it is flow – a pretty good word for it. (See the Mark McGuinness post, Creative flow.) [...]

By: colour matching exercise « confessions of a design geek

colour matching exercise « confessions of a design geek — Mon, 10 May 2010 21:34:43 +0000

[...] my overall scheme, but two; I think I was definitely in what happiness and fulfilment psychologist Csikszentmihalyi describes as ‘a flow’. He argues that true happiness comes from being fully involved in [...]

By: Mark McGuinness

Mark McGuinness — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:30:05 +0000

Thanks Samantha, sorry for the delay replying, your comment slipped through the net. I’m glad you’ve found my site helpful in what sounds like a very challenging situation.

Re just paying the bills vs doing what you love, you might find my series on creative blocks helpful (over at my other site, Lateral Action), especially the piece about Creativity v Cash: http://lateralaction.com/articles/creative-block-creativity-cash/

By: Samantha

Samantha — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:30:19 +0000

I am so glad I have found your site Mark.

I have had several articles published when I lived in the UK, I moved to Australia nearly 2 years ago with the hope of continuing my writing. Sadly my husband was in a serious car crash in July and although he is getting better, my motivation has dried up as we both try and move on from it.

Like many writers, I have ideas and characters bashing down my imagination waiting to get out and because I am in the ‘wrong’ industry as in one that just pays the bills and not something I love, it is so hard to know how to move forward without a mentor or someone in the know.

Shame there isnt someone like you in Perth because you are the first person I have come across that I feel would really be able to help me.

Keep up the good work and I hope that by checking out your ebooks and keeping up with your site, I will get there and rid this invisible wall that is stopping me from doing what I love.

Thanks again, your site is brilliant.

By: Mark McGuinness

Mark McGuinness — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:56:22 +0000

Hi Navdeep,

I can’t give you permission myself as I licensed the image from http://www.istockphoto.com – if you want to use it you’ll need to create an account and buy a licence from the site. The licenses are very reasonable – about Â£2 or Â£3 per image.

Here’s the image you want: http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup.php?id=830637

Good luck with your workshop!

Mark

By: Navdeep Singh

Navdeep Singh — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 23:32:53 +0000

Hi, I am doing a workshop called Flow and came across your post which is quite related really. funny when you think about it, as I will also be referring to Csikszentmihalyi. Could you give me permissions to reproduce the image on your blog post. I will include a link back to this post if you wish? Regards, Navdeep Navdeep Singh's last blog post..A Very Special Request: Take Back your Personal Power

By: 101 Resources on the Web for Writers and Bloggers | Jen Hayley

101 Resources on the Web for Writers and Bloggers | Jen Hayley — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 18:56:14 +0000

[...] The Creative Flow â€œFlow is particularly common in artistic and creative spheres, during those times when ideas, [...]

By: El “Flow” Creativo - Piloto_08

El “Flow” Creativo - Piloto_08 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:25:56 +0000

[...] un artÃculo deÂ Wishful ThinkingÂ tituladoÂ â€œCreative Flowâ€Â tenia la sensaciÃ³n de ya haberlo hecho, pues claro, el concepto es la principal influencia [...]

By: » 101 Resources on the Web for Writers and Bloggers

» 101 Resources on the Web for Writers and Bloggers — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:07:12 +0000

[...] 1. The Creative Flow â€œFlow is particularly common in artistic and creative spheres, during those times when ideas, images, feelings and/or words seem to flow easily and the work takes on a momentum of its own.â€ [...]

By: Flujo creativo y cÃ³mo identificarlo « el50

Flujo creativo y cÃ³mo identificarlo « el50 — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:21:12 +0000

[...] Octubre 26th, 2007 Leyendo un artÃculo de Wishful Thinking titulado “Creative Flow” tenia la sensaciÃ³n de ya haberlo hecho, pues claro, el concepto es la principal influencia del juego gratuito en flash del mismo nombre Flow que algÃºn ocasiÃ³n ya habÃa platicado. [...]