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Flow is the mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and success in the process of the activity. Proposed by psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, the concept has been widely referenced across a variety of fields.
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Components of flow
As Csikszentmihalyi sees it, components of an experience of flow can be specifically enumerated; he presents eight:
1. Clear goals (expectations and rules are discernible).
2. Concentrating and focusing, a high degree of concentration on a limited field of attention (a person engaged in the activity will have the opportunity to focus and to delve deeply into it).
3. A loss of the feeling of self-consciousness, the merging of action and awareness.
4. Distorted sense of time - one's subjective experience of time is altered.
5. Direct and immediate feedback (successes and failures in the course of the activity are apparent, so that behavior can be adjusted as needed).
6. Balance between ability level and challenge (the activity is neither too easy nor too difficult).
7. A sense of personal control over the situation or activity.
8. The activity is intrinsically rewarding, so there is an effortlessness of action.
9. When in the flow state, people become absorbed in their activity, and focus of awareness is narrowed down to the activity itself, action awareness merging (Csikszentmihalyi, 1975. p.72).
Not all are needed for flow to be experienced.
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I see in that a risk of loosing my uniqueness.
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don't worry! you're unique! you can't loose it!
regarding modeling, yes I agree, but its like writing and art, in art at least classical training - you start off by copying masters (and learning to draw on your own) eventually you develop your own style out of that.
Despite my posts here, I had a great rhetorical teacher in college and he suggested the same thing- imitate a style you like and eventually you'll develop your own style.