I experience cognitive flow in two areas all the time. .
The first, doing mathematics in any form. Whether I am
teaching my kids or practicing myself. I feel the logic sense applied in doing
mathematics is one of the only activity I do which is truly logical to my
senses. Most of the time I find myself uncomfortable and lost in the world just
because I cannot relate to the illogic being applied. I have been advised and
told by many intellectuals that I have to stop applying logic to everything
that is being done and in the world nothing
is black and white. I basically get all the books for the entrance examinations
of different streams in India. In my free time I love to do differentiation,
Integration, Algebra. I love it so much that I feel like growing up all over
again, going through the classes and learning these topics once again as if I
have never done them before.
Second one is when I am creating stuff with resin. I am an
active crafter. I make recycled paper, paper beads, and all kids of stuff with
resin. I have an active Personal Learning Platform for this since I do not have
an option to learn it directly anywhere here and I don’t get any books. My favorite
is Little Windows. It is a site where they sell al the stuff for doing resin
craft and teach different techniques as well. Apart from this, there are many
you tube channels which have amazing ideas. This particular activity not only engrosses
me to limits but also helps me financially to finance my fees for doing the
Teach-Now certification.
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| Christmas Decorations |
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| Lord Ganesha on the canvas, preserved by resin. |
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| A hand print of a child along with the the child's first tooth |
Every time I am in my workshop, the time just flies. I feel
that is basically because I am the master of everything. I decide what I want
to craft, I decide what medium I want to use, I decide what colors I am
attracted to on the particular day. There is nothing to stop me or influence me
about something I decide to do in my craft. It excites me to wait and see what
I have created, how the shape has come out, how the effects the colors have shown. I
love the challenges I face to create something different or particular that
someone wants me to customize. I love to experiment new styles, new mediums,
new colors. Also I feel I make a difference in all my customers lives by
providing them something they won’t get anywhere in the world, specially when I
do different stuff with their personal pictures and personal items that I
design in resin and they can preserve them forever. Another thing I feel I love
about this activity is no risk. What is the worst that’s going to happen if I
mess u a particular project… I start again.
you can view my collection at the facebook page Zahrat Creations.
