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Finding Flow in Practice: Glenn Gould

Alberto Guerrero (standing) with Glenn Gould, circa 1945. There’s a lot to like about the video of pianist Glenn Gould below. I’ve highlighted three things that happen in the video (see clips below). As the great Robert Krulwich (of Radiolab and NPR) pointed out in a post, Gould appears to be deep in a Flow state, practicing Bach’s Partita #2. For me, achieving Flow is one of the biggest…