You've probably heard of flow theory, the brainchild of psychologist Mihály Csíkszentmihályi, who came up with it in 1970 and then wrote a number of books on it. According to him, a flow state ...

Shirley Ann Grau’s first book of short stories ... her fine short stories that have the knack of checking a perpetual flow and explaining its course. Contact us at letters@time.com ...

When you enter a state of flow, your work seems to propel itself by its own momentum. Whether it’s the hours that seem to escape from each day or the years that fly by through the constantly ...

for the sheer sake of doing it ," writes Csíkszentmihályi in his 1990 book Flow: The Secret of Happiness. Csíkszentmihályi has conducted numerous studies on the subject. His thesis ...

The book begins with Carrère leaving his Paris apartment for a Vipassana retreat in central France during which he plans to spend 10 days honing his meditation skills and taming his ego.

Not every film has been as lucky as Flow and arrived in theaters with no dialogue. In the past, several high-profile animated movies have had their silent cinema ambitions thwarted by marketing ...