Lifestyle with
Nature, Flow, & Purpose
What is Shizen Style?
NATURE. NATURAL. SPONTANEOUS.
ShizenStyle is a guide to designing your own lifestyle of bringing nature, creativity, and flow into your modern life.
Photography, Japanese garden design, Shakuhachi bamboo flute playing, etc. can all be forms of self-expression.
I explore various Japanese aesthetics and concepts like Wabi-sabi, Ikigai, Yugen, and Shizen and how they help balance a natural lifestyle in our busy modern world.
Shizen (自然) is the Japanese aesthetic concept of “nature,” “naturalness” and the "spontaneous," There is a creative design and purpose behind Shizen. It is not raw nature, or wilderness, but...
A STYLE WITH ARTISTIC INTENT FLOWING WITH NATURE
On-Demand Video Courses
Master the Quiet Lens: Elevate Your Photography with the Wabi-Sabi Philosophy
Master the Quiet Lens Course
Photographic Flow Roadmap
Photographic Flow Roadmap
How Ikigai (Life Purpose) & Flow Changes Our Lives
Heightened creativity
Harvard found subjects to have THREE DAYS of heightened creativity after the flow state. Carry the creativity afterglow into your personal life, garden design, artistic pursuits, photography etc.
Increases productivity
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McKinsey found a 500% increase in productivity by executives who regularly access flow states.
Increases creative problem solving
We are more open to 'Aha' experiences. Ikigai allows us to be open to new and overlooked pathways.
The University of Sydney found flow state subjects to have a 430% increase in creative problem solving!
Improves attention & concentration
Flow triggers like 'Rich Environments' and 'Awe' improve focus and attention.
Ikigai guides us in taking small steps with clarity.
Outdoor photography particularly benefits from Nature-related flow triggers.
What is the Flow State?
An optimal state of consciousness where you feel your best and perform your best. It’s those moments of undivided attention and total absorption, where your mind, body, and spirit are focused on the present. Action and awareness merge and you develop a calm awareness of your surroundings.
Flow is meditation in action
