do you get ‘lost in your work’ – ?

In the 1970s, psy­chol­o­gist Mi­haly Csik­szent­mi­ha­lyi stud­ied why peo­ple feel hap­pi­est when ful­ly ab­sorbed in what they’re doing. 

He called it the FLOW STATE. Where fo­cus and joy meet. 

Peo­ple from rock climbers and painters, even chess play­ers, all de­scribed the same thing: Joy didn’t come from the re­ward or end re­sult but from the process itself.

For me it’s large scale or­ga­niz­ing, dis­rup­tion through art, vi­sion­ing, writ­ing, per­form­ing, learn­ing a new tech­nol­o­gy, cook­ing, de­sign, pho­tog­ra­phy, video, mu­sic production.

What is that thing that helps you elim­i­nate the noise, fo­cus hard, and let your­self dis­ap­pear into the moment?
 

“Woah made the front page of the The Sacra­men­to Bee this morn­ing! What a great way to wake up! Check it out!!!”
—flom­mist ChaCha Bur­nadette, The Dar­ling Clementines
 

ChaCha and Dea­ja are a cou­ple of the cre­ators I love to col­lab­o­rate and build ideas with be­cause they’re some of the artists I re­spect most in the city. 

I’m re­al­ly glad Sacra­men­to is wak­ing up to the art of bur­lesque and the gems that we have in ChaCha Bur­nadette, Dea­ja Girlon­Fire, and The Dar­ling Clementines. 

You all have tru­ly been do­ing the work us­ing your art to cre­ate beau­ti­ful, safe com­mu­ni­ty spaces filled with joy, ac­cep­tance, em­pow­er­ment, and self love. 

All while pro­vid­ing one of the most en­ter­tain­ing, best date nights in the city. 

These flow­ers are a great start, but y’all de­serve a rose gar­den for what you’ve giv­en to the city. 🌹🌹🌹

#The­GreatJoy­Hunt­Con­tin­ues …
 

—an­dru defeye

Flom­mist An­dru De­f­eye is the Guer­ril­la Poet Lau­re­ate of Sacra­men­to. Copy­right © 2024 An­dru De­f­eye. Fo­tos: Paul Kita­ga­ki Jr., SacBee.

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