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Flow (psychology)
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Participants describe deep focus ('I wrote for the entire hour') and the supportive conditions that enabled sustained creative work. Csikszentmihalyi's concept of flow explains the psychological state of complete absorption in an activity, directly relevant to understanding what makes these writing sessions effective.
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Thank you for that time to focus. I wrote for the entire hour.
Opening/Invitation
Finally on my way to yes
I bump into
all the places
where I said no
to my life
all the untended wounds
the red and purple scars
those hieroglyphs of pain
carved into my skin, my bones,
those coded messages
that send me down
the wrong street
again and again
where I find them
the old wounds
the old misdirections
and I lift them
one by one
close to my heart
and I say
holy holy
“The Healing Time,” by Persha Gertler
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