This Shots of Awe video explores the creative flow state, the absorbed, in-the-zone headspace people describe when creative work is going well.
Creativity is a unique trait we have as human beings. It allows us to transform the world we live in, to stretch the boundaries of what is possible, and to imagine a better place for our descendants. Masters of a craft are often described as slipping into a creative flow state almost without noticing.
Shots of Awe is a YouTube channel by Jason Silva. Its description says he freestyles his way into the complex systems of society, technology and human existence, and discusses the truth and beauty of science in a form of “existential jazz.”
The video description opens with a line attributed to T.E. Lawrence: “Happiness is absorption.”
