Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, who has a Hungarian and Italian background, was born in 1934 and has described living his early life in war-torn Europe. He settled in America at the age of 22 where he studied, and has remained ever since. He currently works at Claremont University in California where he heads up the Quality of Life Research Center.
He has developed a theory, known as flow, which describes the moment when a person in completely involved in an activity simply for its own sake. He describes creativity as a central source of meaning in our lives and argues that, ‘When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.’ Mr Csikszentmihalyi has written a number of books on the subject and is widely regarded as the guru of creativity. He developed his theory of flow from the work of Abraham Maslow and his concept of self-actualistion.
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