(June 30, 2021 at 11:26 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: Speaking only for myself, I was referring to the psychological state of flow as defined by Csikszentmihalyi, in which there is perfect alignment between intention and ability during the performance of a focused activity.
This is how I learned of it and use the term also. I mostly use it when referring to that sweet spot in an artistic endeavor where you're not mentally present in the task yet it unlocks this creative energy all the same. A sort of "get out of my own way" mind. I have sat working on a project for hours, gotten lost in a fantasy adventure story in my head while music is playing, and then blinked and looked at the finished painting with only very vague, spotty memory of actually going through the process of painting it.