Fluid Creativity - The Creative Flow

Fluid Creativity - The Creative Flow
with Yanis Zagorianakos
 
A workshop on the creative process through painting — and beyond
This workshop is not about technique it explores the creative process through the lens of painting, as well as how to tune in to the process, how to get to the flowing state.. While the focus is on visual art, the principles we explore apply to all creative practices.
We’re often told to “get into the flow” — to create from a place of openness and movement — but what does that really mean? Over the past 35 years, as a craftsman, artist, and scientist, I’ve explored this question deeply. What I offer here is not a fixed method, but a personal synthesis: insights drawn from the works and theories of many creative minds, combined with my own lived experience.
Together, we’ll enter a kind of alternative reality shaped by the nature of water. We’ll use it as a metaphor and a guide to understand how creativity works, how we relate to our tools, and how we engage with the world around us.
This workshop is not about mastering techniques. It’s more about letting go, unlearning, or even pretending — stepping into a playful, imaginative state where creativity can move freely and naturally.
 
Most people imagine creativity as something you produce. You sit down at a desk, pick up a brush, and push an idea into existence. The blank page is seen as a battlefield where you must fight until you win. In this model, creativity is tied to force, pressure, and sometimes struggle.
Fluid creativity offers another way. Instead of hammering out a product, creativity is seen as a stream already flowing through life. Just as a river moves downhill without being commanded, creativity moves naturally when you stop trying to control it.
 
The tools you need are simple: the rhythm of your breath, the freedom of your body, and the willingness to let go. 
Expect the unexpected. Surrender to the currents. And discover what lies beneath the surface.
 
This is not just a workshop. It’s an invitation to flow. Will you accept?