The Seattle FLOW Showcase
presented by Heartsinspyre Entertainment

What is Flow?

Everyone has heard the term "going with the flow" before which refers to the path of least resistance which has a sage tone to it but this is not what we know of as "Flow". Going with the flow implies that once you cease to resist against the currents the river will take you wherever you need to go and applying your will against it is most often deemed futile. Well unless where you need to go is straight back to the ocean when you no longer have fins resistance in some shape or form is a requirement. We are not merely nature, we have mind and spirit which gives us a will and a purpose towards transmuting ever new thoughts and forms.

Flow is not when your life force goes limp and submits to the universe but rather Flow is when you work with it and hold your place as part of creation.

Mihály Csikszentmihalyi, the psychologist who literally wrote the book on it (http://www.amazon.com/Flow-Harper-Perennial-Modern-Classics-ebook/dp/B000W94FE6), defines flow as a mental state of operation. When in flow, person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity. In essence, flow is characterized by complete absorption in what one does.

“Flow Arts” has become an overarching term for the emerging movement-based artforms that integrate dance and creative exploration of movement with skill-based prop manipulation. The Flow Arts draw from a multitude of ancient and modern movement disciplines from taichi and Maori poi spinning, to martial arts and juggling, to circus arts, hula hooping and modern firedancing…