The enclosed picture (excuse my photography) is from a 7th and 8th grade arts elective on jewelry making. It is amazing to realize that our 40 older students pick from a selection of over a dozen electives for their afternoon classes. Their choices run from guitar lessons to fiber arts, and from ceramics to woodshop, and on to African drumming. Prior to taking this picture I had spent 45 minutes talking with Martha about the art program and the positive impact it has on students. As I listened to her talk with passion and intention about the art program, I realized that she was describing individuals – both students and teachers – who were in a state of what psychologists describe as “flow.”
Which of course led me to return to a couple of links inspired by Mihaly Csikszentmihaly’s work with Montessori teachers (enclosed below).
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http://blog.ted.com/2008/10/creativity_fulf.php
http://austega.com/education/articles/flow.htm
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