flow and creativity mihaly csikszentmihalyi

Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-442) and index His goal is to help us better understand a way of being that is more satisfying and more fulfilling By studying the creative lives of exceptional people, Professor Csikszentmihalyi shows us how we can all enhance our everyday lives. This book is not so much about the everyday 'creativity' that we all experience but the kind of creativity of artists, scientists, and others that can transform our culture and the way we look at the world. In his bestselling book Flow, Professor Csikszentmihalyi explored states of 'optimal experience'-Those times when people report feelings of concentration and deep enjoyment - and showed that what makes experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called 'flow.' Here Professor Csikszentmihalyi builds on his flow theory, profiling individuals who have found ways to make flow a permanent feature of their lives and at the same time have contributed to society and culture. Professor Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi interviewed more than ninety of possibly the most interesting people in the world - people like actor Ed Asner, authors Robertson Davies and Nadine Gordimer, scientists Jonas Salk and Linus Pauling, and Senator Eugene McCarthy - who have changed the way people in their fields think and work to find out how creativity has been a force in their lives The creative excitement of the artist at her easel or the scientist in the lab comes as close to the ideal fulfillment as we all hope to, and so rarely do. His books include Creativity, The Evolving Self and the national bestseller Flow.This book is about what makes life worth living. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (1934-2021) was a professor at Claremont Graduate University and former chair of the Department of Psychology at the University of Chicago. Most important, he explains why creativity needs to be cultivated and is necessary for the future of our country, if not the world. He discusses such ideas as why creative individuals are often seen as selfish and arrogant, and why the 'tortured genius' is largely a myth.

Drawing on nearly one hundred interviews with exceptional people, from biologists and physicists, to politicians and business leaders, to poets and artists, as well as his thirty years of research on the subject, Csikszentmihalyi uses his famous flow theory to explore the creative process.

Legendary psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi reveals what leads to these moments?be it the excitement of the artist at the easel or the scientist in the lab?so that this knowledge can be used to enrich people's lives. The classic study of the creative process from the national bestselling author of FlowĬreativity is about capturing those moments that make life worth living.

Flow and creativity mihaly csikszentmihalyi