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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.

Published on 03/6/2009

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."