My favorite part about flowarts is when you hit your flow it is exactly that YOUR FLOW. It's impossible not to be yourself in that moment, everyone's flow is different and unique to that person. it might be the same move as someone else but it's got a little you in it =)
I just made my own sock poi and started learning with your videos literally a couple hours ago. I only know a couple tricks and was already able to flow with some music. It's like a rhythm game for your whole body. Suuuch a good feeling
This is exactly what I am seeking in 2020. Having gone through to national lockdowns due to the pandemic I realise I have not moved my body much at all this year. So I think getting into the flow arts will help me bounce back from all this stationary-ness
Great video, cheers. I'm a ball juggler and consider myself to be a flow artist, obsessed with perfecting the movements, shapes, rhythms, and overall flow. I love the inherent physical challenges as well as the mathematical technical aspects, and discovering (or designing, it's a blurry line sometimes) new patterns is something I am endlessly fascinated by.
Hey Drex Thanks for your videos. I got into flow arts at a half-year circus school after getting introduced to single staff by one of our teachers. I was the only one interested in sticks, so i started to hang out on yt and found heeps of materials. After getting into contact staff and doubles and randomly clicking on a couple of Nick Woolseys tutorials i picked up a pair of poi... what followed was some of the best three hours of my life. Everything just worked. It took me some short 10 minutes to figure out the weaves and i got some patterns going in all of the major timings and directions (though probably not split-butterflies... i dont remember). It was so much fun. I mostly enjoy how the different props help you understand different aspects of flow (for example how doulbestaffs really help you understand caps also with poi). I recently bought myself some russian fans and a flow wand and hope to encorporate those into my (atm sadly not too regular) regular practice. Something I have been asking around and never gotten a satisfying answer too: are there any spinning-festivals in europe? I mean there are workshops and a couple of enthusiasts at the juggling conventions, but most of the focus is still always on those balls, rings and clubs (not that thats not awesome... just not my choice of probs). btw: anyone going to ejc this year? Gonna be awesome!
I have always thought of flow arts as basically the concept of parkour or free-running, but for objects. That's how I like to explain it to people that don't know what flow arts are.
I picked up hula hooping in the recent quarantine mostly as a way to stay fit while everything's shut down, and I fell down the rabbit hole of flow arts. Whilst I don't know yet if I want to just hoop or pursue it as a flow art, it's all very fascinating to me!
Thank you for this informative video! Glad to see someone taking the time to break down and explain the concept and meaning of Flow-arts. For me, I consider flow-arts a form of movement meditation. Once I am fully emerced in my flow, I enter a level of consciousness tuned into the present time.(Flow-State). I believe the ultimate goal for a flow-art IS to reach the Flow-State and become one with your art. A captivating experience that transcends the mind, body & spirit losing your perception of time, centering oneself and balancing duel forces all while creating a expressional performing Art. 🤗 It's like exercising, creating and meditating unified. I wish they offered flowarts in schools. I practice levi-wand, poi, orbiting, contact staffing and contact hooping. Hopefully much more as I get older. ☉ #NeverStopFlowing
Great, Thank so Much Drex for giving us all these ideas and insigths about our flow arts form, I am a flow artist from Guatemala and sometime it is really hard to connect with other people here, and I completely love to spin poi, I have never thougth about the idea of being in "the zone" but now that I think about it I have been in that zone a lot of time and feels totally overwhelming and I feel happy like connected with the pois, I just try to go with the flow and try to dance with my pois... I am thinking to start doing staves to expand my confort zone of these great flow arts... I wish all the best Dre, please keep doing these amazing videos and keep the flow.... have a nice week... greeting from Guatemaya...
im a pyromaniac first and flow artist second! my first exposure was when my mother came home from a yoga retreat and was like "hey we were spinning balls in socks called poi" and at the end of that summer some fire artists came to a block party and blew my freaking mind with fire! and it all sank in and about a year and a half ago i got into it and haven't looked back!
Most definitely. Not only is it prop manipulation but it's expression and a form of movement meditation that can activate a flow-state of mind. I love watching ppl flow with wands. I'd love to see it more often
I would say Flow Arts are the missing link beetween Dance and Object Manipulation. Why dont you think that this is more to the definition? I would definetly not reccommend Flow-Arts-Groups. They are filled with lazy people that never train just sit on the grass smoking and calling that training. By that they are disrespecting what they do and abusing a sport for not sport related things. Flow-Arts are a sport just like every other. So you would not go into a Balett class and the first thing you do is smoking. If this is the case, why you do in Poi? However what I would really reccommend is to join or create a lokal training. This way flow arts will grow and get settled. But if not they will just disappear soon, because people dont take them for full. The smokers found something better to smoke and the few guys that trained it, stopped training it, cause they have no teachers/trainers. And yes, you need allways a good trainer, because your eyes will never see the exact same things as other eyes.
+Danny Potter Well, first and foremost I would disagree that the Flow Arts Groups are populated by nothing by people who smoke and criticize others--mainly because I help run a couple such groups and I don't fit the stereotype you're outlining (neither do most of the friends I have in said groups). There's absolutely way too many people who would rather criticize than create, but from what I can tell that's a problem of internet culture and not of flow arts culture. As for my definition: I've known far too many people who've come into this world from Martial Arts to leave it at just Dance and Object Manipulation. We are far more complex and diverse than using only those two labels would suggest.
+DrexFactor Poi How are you able to create a group that trains instead of chills? Currently I am building a new training group since the beginning of this year but the problem is, that I dont have a single student. The local group is just full with the above described people. But I am tired of trying to move their lazy butts so they would train. What can I do?
+Danny Potter Not everyone who runs a marathon wants to be the first runner across the line. Not everyone who plays games of pick up basketball at their local recreation center wants to dunk the ball and shoot three point shots from way beyond the line. I find almost every flow artist doing what they do purely for the enjoyment of the activity. Rarely do I come across someone who is devoted to technical mastery of their prop, but those are the ones who often end up teaching. You can lead a horse to water, but you can not make it drink. I hope those two analogies and this idiom help you better understand your quest in the flow arts world.
well yes, but this guys are ruining the art of flowarts cause they use them for their own advantage not for the beauty inside the flowarts. And by doing so, they also social pressure you to do the same and destroy the art by misusing it for your own purpose and not for the beauty inside the art itself. And so they are destroying the flowarts and it would be better if you would have never met them. You woule be way better in flowarts and ini humanity.
My favorite part of the art is the feeling you get when you're completely immersed in a state of flow, focus, and concentration!!!
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My favorite part about flowarts is when you hit your flow it is exactly that YOUR FLOW. It's impossible not to be yourself in that moment, everyone's flow is different and unique to that person. it might be the same move as someone else but it's got a little you in it =)
My favorite part of the art is the strong sense of community between flow artists
+Alexander McAdam I fully agree! The community is part of what has kept me in this world for the past 8 years :)
I just made my own sock poi and started learning with your videos literally a couple hours ago. I only know a couple tricks and was already able to flow with some music. It's like a rhythm game for your whole body. Suuuch a good feeling
I love how there is an art for everyone. From Balisongs and Pen Spinning to Poi and Leviwands
This is exactly what I am seeking in 2020. Having gone through to national lockdowns due to the pandemic I realise I have not moved my body much at all this year. So I think getting into the flow arts will help me bounce back from all this stationary-ness
Great video, cheers. I'm a ball juggler and consider myself to be a flow artist, obsessed with perfecting the movements, shapes, rhythms, and overall flow. I love the inherent physical challenges as well as the mathematical technical aspects, and discovering (or designing, it's a blurry line sometimes) new patterns is something I am endlessly fascinated by.
My favorite part about flow arts is the increase of weight and the noise and heat created by fire poi. Just feels good man.
Hey Drex
Thanks for your videos.
I got into flow arts at a half-year circus school after getting introduced to single staff by one of our teachers. I was the only one interested in sticks, so i started to hang out on yt and found heeps of materials. After getting into contact staff and doubles and randomly clicking on a couple of Nick Woolseys tutorials i picked up a pair of poi...
what followed was some of the best three hours of my life.
Everything just worked. It took me some short 10 minutes to figure out the weaves and i got some patterns going in all of the major timings and directions (though probably not split-butterflies... i dont remember). It was so much fun.
I mostly enjoy how the different props help you understand different aspects of flow (for example how doulbestaffs really help you understand caps also with poi). I recently bought myself some russian fans and a flow wand and hope to encorporate those into my (atm sadly not too regular) regular practice.
Something I have been asking around and never gotten a satisfying answer too: are there any spinning-festivals in europe? I mean there are workshops and a couple of enthusiasts at the juggling conventions, but most of the focus is still always on those balls, rings and clubs (not that thats not awesome... just not my choice of probs).
btw: anyone going to ejc this year? Gonna be awesome!
Flow equals community, freedom, and peace of mind thats my favorite thing about flow arts.
I have always thought of flow arts as basically the concept of parkour or free-running, but for objects. That's how I like to explain it to people that don't know what flow arts are.
This is a really well made and explained video! It makes me want to continue to watch more :)
I picked up hula hooping in the recent quarantine mostly as a way to stay fit while everything's shut down, and I fell down the rabbit hole of flow arts. Whilst I don't know yet if I want to just hoop or pursue it as a flow art, it's all very fascinating to me!
Well described about flow arts
Thank you for this informative video!
Glad to see someone taking the time to break down and explain the concept and meaning of Flow-arts.
For me, I consider flow-arts a form of movement meditation.
Once I am fully emerced in my flow, I enter a level of consciousness tuned into the present time.(Flow-State).
I believe the ultimate goal for a flow-art IS to reach the Flow-State and become one with your art.
A captivating experience that transcends the mind, body & spirit losing your perception of time, centering oneself and balancing duel forces all while creating a expressional performing Art. 🤗
It's like exercising, creating and meditating unified. I wish they offered flowarts in schools.
I practice levi-wand, poi, orbiting, contact staffing and contact hooping. Hopefully much more as I get older. ☉
#NeverStopFlowing
Thank you for making this video! I just came across some flow art video and didnt know anything about it. This helps a lot 😊
Great, Thank so Much Drex for giving us all these ideas and insigths about our flow arts form, I am a flow artist from Guatemala and sometime it is really hard to connect with other people here, and I completely love to spin poi, I have never thougth about the idea of being in "the zone" but now that I think about it I have been in that zone a lot of time and feels totally overwhelming and I feel happy like connected with the pois, I just try to go with the flow and try to dance with my pois... I am thinking to start doing staves to expand my confort zone of these great flow arts... I wish all the best Dre, please keep doing these amazing videos and keep the flow.... have a nice week... greeting from Guatemaya...
I'm new to all this flowarts stuff~ I've always been so fascinated in flowarts and now learning more and trying to learn to hoop!~
Drex you're amazing!!
Can flags used for color guard be considered a part of the flow arts?
Absolutely! I have tons of friends who came into the Flow Arts through Color Guard :)
Woa... Never knew doing silks makes me a flow artist...
Thank you. I love to spin Nunchaku 😊
im a pyromaniac first and flow artist second! my first exposure was when my mother came home from a yoga retreat and was like "hey we were spinning balls in socks called poi" and at the end of that summer some fire artists came to a block party and blew my freaking mind with fire! and it all sank in and about a year and a half ago i got into it and haven't looked back!
what are the sticks that the lawyer is spinnimg called, they are smaller then staff? :)
are there visual artists who woirked on that ; please ??.
ive often referred to my writing as "Flowetry"
this is Flowetry in Motion
recently 3d printed myself a slinky... crazy what people can do with
Is a leviwand/ flow wand a part of flow arts?
Most definitely.
Not only is it prop manipulation but it's expression and a form of movement meditation that can activate a flow-state of mind.
I love watching ppl flow with wands. I'd love to see it more often
I have my own but I'm barely hitting a intermediate level lol
Hopefully advance in the futurd
I live the idea of using different props. Makes me feel like a bender in avatar.
That's it I'm sold new subbie and flow beginner 😍🔥🔥 I tried hula hoops 😂😂😭 not my best but I love silk poi fans and levitation stick😍😘💗💑💏
“Mihály” is actually pronounced kind of like me hi (like person and greeting)
My favourite part of flow is how secular and segregated it is
how the f am i not subbed..
I would say Flow Arts are the missing link beetween Dance and Object Manipulation. Why dont you think that this is more to the definition?
I would definetly not reccommend Flow-Arts-Groups. They are filled with lazy people that never train just sit on the grass smoking and calling that training. By that they are disrespecting what they do and abusing a sport for not sport related things. Flow-Arts are a sport just like every other. So you would not go into a Balett class and the first thing you do is smoking. If this is the case, why you do in Poi?
However what I would really reccommend is to join or create a lokal training. This way flow arts will grow and get settled. But if not they will just disappear soon, because people dont take them for full. The smokers found something better to smoke and the few guys that trained it, stopped training it, cause they have no teachers/trainers. And yes, you need allways a good trainer, because your eyes will never see the exact same things as other eyes.
+Danny Potter Well, first and foremost I would disagree that the Flow Arts Groups are populated by nothing by people who smoke and criticize others--mainly because I help run a couple such groups and I don't fit the stereotype you're outlining (neither do most of the friends I have in said groups). There's absolutely way too many people who would rather criticize than create, but from what I can tell that's a problem of internet culture and not of flow arts culture.
As for my definition: I've known far too many people who've come into this world from Martial Arts to leave it at just Dance and Object Manipulation. We are far more complex and diverse than using only those two labels would suggest.
+DrexFactor Poi How are you able to create a group that trains instead of chills? Currently I am building a new training group since the beginning of this year but the problem is, that I dont have a single student. The local group is just full with the above described people. But I am tired of trying to move their lazy butts so they would train. What can I do?
+Danny Potter Not everyone who runs a marathon wants to be the first runner across the line. Not everyone who plays games of pick up basketball at their local recreation center wants to dunk the ball and shoot three point shots from way beyond the line. I find almost every flow artist doing what they do purely for the enjoyment of the activity. Rarely do I come across someone who is devoted to technical mastery of their prop, but those are the ones who often end up teaching. You can lead a horse to water, but you can not make it drink. I hope those two analogies and this idiom help you better understand your quest in the flow arts world.
well yes, but this guys are ruining the art of flowarts cause they use them for their own advantage not for the beauty inside the flowarts. And by doing so, they also social pressure you to do the same and destroy the art by misusing it for your own purpose and not for the beauty inside the art itself. And so they are destroying the flowarts and it would be better if you would have never met them.
You woule be way better in flowarts and ini humanity.
+Danny Potter no amount of anything can ruin the flow arts, every artist knows that. If you do not like something, avoid it. simple