Craig Constantine<p><strong>Flow state</strong></p><blockquote><p>Actually, flow — the state of “effortless effort” — was coined by Goethe, from the German “rausch”, a dizzying sort of ecstasy.</p><p>Friedrich Nietzsche and psychologist William James both considered the flow state in depth, but social theorist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, author of Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention, is the true giant in the field.</p><p>~ from, <a href="https://www.openculture.com/2025/04/how-to-enter-a-flow-state-on-command.html#google_vignette" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">How to Enter a ‘Flow State’ on Command: Peak Performance Mind Hack Explained in 7 Minutes</a></p></blockquote> <p>slip:4uoeho1.</p> <p>A tidy tour of the history and current status of what we know about flow state.</p><p>ɕ</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://constantine.name/tag/flow-state/" target="_blank">#FlowState</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://constantine.name/tag/psychology/" target="_blank">#Psychology</a></p>