Chelsea Huber - Flow

Image and Pilgrimage in Christian Culture

Flow is a holistic sensation, meaning that it effects everything. Flow requires total involvement because each action follows another action and this chain cannot be interrupted. This flow cannot be a conscience effort, there must be a automatic and natural effort put forth. When I think of flow, I think of softball. I have played softball since I was six years old, and I still play for intramurals. When I was little, my coach would tell me a million little things that I needed to do to improve my throwing and my batting. I would try to remember each little thing that I needed to do when I got up to the plate, and I would suck. When I concentrated really hard on my throws, they would be terrible. It wasn't until years later that I realized that I needed to just feel the swing or throw, I couldn't force it. Concentrating on all of the little things detracted from the overall success. This is true for sarced place as well. When you find yourself experiancing sarcred place, it is not all of the tiny little things that are important. Rather, the general feel and flow of the place generates the experiance of the sacred. The flow of the world is the magical factor that binds all of the little things up into one smooth and perfect transaction.