Category Archives: Flow

Poster 4 Flow Exhibition

 

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Flow:Triangulation

Flow:Triangulation exhibition featuring Jose Polet – France, Policarpo Ribeiro – Brazil, Tonietta Walters – USA Graham Center Art Gallery @ Florida International University January 6th through February 6th, 2009 Reception: February 5th 6pm – 9pm

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MindSpace III

MindSpace III Originally uploaded by XM: Autopoiesis. I long for these moments…

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Specious Present

The experience and perception of time Also reread paper on tensed beliefs What is ‘the perception of time’? But what sense or senses do we use when perceiving time? The very expression ‘the perception of time’ invites objection. Insofar as … Continue reading

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William James

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/james/#5 5. The Varieties of Religious Experience Like The Principles of Psychology, Varieties is “A Study in Human Nature,” as its subtitle says. But at some five hundred pages it is only half the length of The Principles of Psychology, … Continue reading

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Sensate Intuition

Need to clarify in relation to techne or ‘skill’ knowledge. Focus to the idea that cognitive processing engages with skill knowledge in a dynamic interrelatedness. Use the sport example as both contrast and comparison since flow experience can be explained … Continue reading

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Samma Sati

Chapter VI Right Mindfulness (Samma Sati)The Buddha says that the Dhamma, the ultimate truth of things, is directly visible, timeless, calling out to be approached and seen. He says further that it is always available to us, and that the … Continue reading

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samadhi

The commentaries define samadhi as the centering of the mind and mental factors rightly and evenly on an object. Samadhi, as wholesome concentration, collects together the ordinarily dispersed and dissipated stream of mental states to induce an inner unification. The … Continue reading

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Random Thoughts

Funny how the more you try to control things the more they seem to be out of control.  It’s the thing about the flow experience…You no longer need to control because everything is working the way it should be.  But…it … Continue reading

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The Specious Present

How do I transcend the subjectivity of my experience? The infinitesimal point becomes an infinite circle. Within the creative process, truth allows me to walk around and through it, to traverse the circle, to see more than one aspect at … Continue reading

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