Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, PhD, (pronounced me-high chick-sent-me-high) is a psychology professor at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California, and former head of the department of psychology at the University of Chicago. He is noted for his work in the study of creativity and subjective well-being, and for his research and writing on the notion of flow. [From Wikipedia bio.]
Also see related articles [by Douglas Eby]: Creativity and Flow Psychology, and The science of feeling good.
Also see related articles [by Douglas Eby]: Creativity and Flow Psychology, and The science of feeling good.
Articles by this Author
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi – Does Creativity Make You Happy?
- By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Published 03/6/2009
- Creativity enhancement
This is a post by Mark McGuinness - and includes numerous excerpts from the TED presentation video by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. Early in the talk, Csikszentmihalyi presents us with the following
description by a leading composer, of his experience while composing
music: "You are in an ecstatic state to such a point that you feel as though you
almost don’t exist. I have experienced this time and time again. My
hand seems devoid of myself, and I have nothing to do with what is
happening."
The Creative Personality: Ten paradoxical traits of the creative personality
- By Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
- Published 06/21/2008
- Creativity enhancement
Creative
individuals are remarkable for their ability to adapt to almost any
situation and to make do with whatever is at hand to reach their goals.
If I
had to express in one word what makes their personalities different
from others, it's complexity.