We southerners finally have an awesome fire festival/retreat! Check out FLAME festival 2013, it's a great time. I'll be teaching this year alongside some incredibly talented flow artists from all over the country. It's…

 

These are some excerpts from my Philosophy 102 term paper based on Csikszentmihalyi's study of flow explained in his book Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. I've had to shorten it but I think what I've posted here is a good synopsis. Let me know if you have any questions, I have a lot of random factoids running through my head about flow.

Flow Experiences…

 

Earlier this week my friend and I encountered problems when we tried to go to the gym at school and hoop in the aerobics room. We were told that we couldn't use the room unless we had an instructor present, since things had been stolen from the room. It was really upsetting but we set up an appointment with the director to work it out for next semester. Things went great at the meeting! She asked us if we'd be interested in holding classes! This is going to rock so hard, I can't wait until…  

In my internet surfing this morning I came across this awesome tool Google has called Google insights. It tracks Google searches over time. Below is the rise of "hula hoop" as a search term since 04! They even tag the lines when there's a big-hitting news article. Infographics geeks can drool over it for hours! You can also tailor it to show regional searches, weekly searches, whatever you need to know. It could probably be used as a great way to determine where to move if you're looking…