Get into flow RIGHT NOW
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- This audio guide into flow state is for artists who need some directed focus. The first part is an explanation on what flow is and side effects that can happen when you are in flow state. Included is tips for getting into flow outside of the studio, how to practice flow in the future, and a 10 min outro of studio sounds for you to work to.
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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. 👍
Audio nudges can help a LOT when trying for flow. I have a playlist that I use that is specifically for working and it will get me feeling productive in no time. Thanks for sharing!
This is gold!! Thanks for this ❤️
Yes me too… but watching this I could never get into flow holding my arm up in the air like this for any extended time.. 😬
I’d love an audio of the flow state talk down
Thank you Stephanie, great technique for a hurried world. I am Grateful 👏💜
You are so welcome! Thanks for listening!
This was fantastic advice! Bravo
Thank you!!
i love when an ad about car insurance blasts right in the middle of trying to get in a state of mind
Gosh that is annoying. I can't control where the ads go just yet, but in the future I'll make sure they are at the beginning or ends of a video, not in the middle.
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.
@@claudiamanta1943 this was so poetic, thanks for sharing you flow experience!
@@stephaniescottart Thank you, you’re kind. I hope that others will share their experiences after your beautiful and inspiring video ☺️
Great podcast. Thank you!
Thanks for listening!
Best “high” ever!
Developing the Flow State require brutal “physical” training, constant repetition…until it becomes “natural” and “easy”.
It's the truth! Thanks so much for watching
@@stephaniescottartI don’t find it hard, just happens when drawing… I draw what I call “Heart Rhythms” …
I know when I have been in flow or the zone because I look at my watch and an hour has gone by without me knowing it. I was doing these drawings for years before some marketing guru decided to call them Zen tangles… mine are actually stories not just patterns though.
So to me it is not “brutal physical”training at all as the other person above commented… it is an enjoyable and calming state.
Also a tip-try a palette knife ( has the blade made for mixing paint ) to mix your paint as a painting knife as you show here..isn’t as efficient. Thank you for the time you spend giving us information. Most appreciated. Have a great painting day ❤
Thank you so much for this demonstration. Very helpful.
Love it….thank you! ❤🙏🏻
Thanks so much for watching~
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! 😳❤️🙌🏻🌼
Oh absolutely, sometimes I get upset when interrupted 😆 I now have a sign on my studio door that says 'do not disturb' to save my family the grief haha
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
Thanks for watching! Did an ad pop up then?ahahah that's funny
@@stephaniescottart It did! I must have been getting into flow because I jumped and it was frustrating. LOL
Lol, right side braining.
Thanks for watching!