Flow of thought 2013
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The flow of thought
26/6/13
Martin Locock
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Outline
Flow
Creativity and focus
Reflecting and recording
The haiku in theory and practice
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Flow: Optimal experience, the combination of absorption, effort, and discipline
Flow
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Creativity and focus
Creative impulse• To make a change in the world• To convert thought into action• To share an insight with others
Focus• Absorption• Intensity• = flow
Photo: Rose White yarnivore
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Managing creativity
• Leadership and creativity• Creation is easy; craft is hard,
quality is variable• The creative paradox (or, “There
was a young man from Hong Kong”)
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Poetry and reflection
• Capture moments of transformation• Capture feelings and texture of
experience• Jack Mezirow – critical reflection
transformational learning re-thinking past experiences
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Reflecting and recording
• Reflect > Record > Review
• Capturing the essence of insights and experience
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The haiku
Twilight
Midges cloud the air
Their frantic activity
Getting them nowhere
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The haiku
Twilight
Midges cloud the air
Their frantic activity
Getting them nowhere
•Strong image, simple language, two halves, can be small subject
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Rules
• Japanese tradition
• A title
• Three lines
• Five, seven, five syllables
• Words can be omitted
• Changing moment: external > internal, describe > feel/think; two aspects of something
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Examples
Proverb
Fifty years’ wisdom:
in spring prepare the woodpile
ready for autumn
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Kijo Murakami
First autumn morning:the mirror I stare intoshows my father's face
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Haiku exercise
• Topic: a discovery or insight• Content: context and event• Focus on how it felt, how it
changed you• No room for irrelevancies
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Having a go
• Find a thought 3 minutes• Write it down as a phrase• First draft 5 minutes• Write it neatly• Title• Pairs: read aloud
– What was best, what needs work 5 minutes• Quick revision 2 minutes• Final version: reading
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Judging a poem
• Does it contain a truth?• Does it express that truth?• Does it communicate that truth?
Irrelevant questions:• Is the idea new?• Is the idea one you are committed to?• Would someone else have written it
differently?
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More words
http://changingmoment.blogspot.com
The Great Wave, Hokusai (1760-1849)