Flow in 1960s: Artists at the canvas 뿯½ Artists at the canvas

The classic figure: raise demand as skill rises, or the state collapses into boredom. Keep Flow with “Artists at the canvas” and 1960 from 1960s. The activity itself says how one is doing. Ambiguous tasks starve the state.

Csikszentmihalyi’s deep-attention state — skill meeting demand, not a talent substitute. Flow is Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s name for a state of absorbed, intrinsically rewarding attention when perceived challenge and skill are both high and matched. He developed the idea from interviews with artists and later from Experience Sampling Method (ESM) beepers in the 1970s. Jeanne Nakamura extended the work into good work and mentoring.

Flow is not a talent. It is a condition that talented and ordinary performers both enter. It can accompany growth; it can also hide in tasks that are merely well-rehearsed. Flow mapped for mechanisms, locale notes and limits. Flow sits in the science atlas — mechanisms, locale notes and limits, not slogans.

Adoption and meaning follow schools, clubs and labs as much as peak specs. selection systems without group rankings. No population score rankings; no race hierarchies. Editorial scores help browsing; they are not certificates. Links, glossary and adjacent themes around Flow. Same atlas neighbourhood as Flow (science).

Record Flow as 1960s, “Artists at the canvas,” and 1960. The figure is not a group score. Keep Flow with “Artists at the canvas” and 1960 from 1960s. 19601960s

Figures to keep

Year of the log: 1960s
Practice figure: 1960
Topic: Flow
Log line: Artists at the canvas

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