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Right here at the Cave Entrance, there is a small folded paper in a small hole in the wall. You almost miss it as you start in - but now it is in your hand. As you open it out, you see there are several sheets folded together. It is the Introduction to "Happiness Revisited," the first chapter to Mihalyi Csikzentmihalyi's book //Flow// (New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2008). Just 5 rather small pages, and you decide you will read it before you go any further. 

After all, might as well write it up. You see the note with it that it is worth up to 5 XPs when a well written account is posted to the Pilgrimage Topic (subject: "Flow Introduction") on your Adventurer's Log Discussion Tab.

What might be found a bit deeper in the cave? A few steps further in and the Stalagtites are breathtaking as the light shines up. Return to Dogwood Lane ||
 * Looking up one sees stalagtites, hanging onto the ceiling. They are beautiful. You are so absorbed looking at them that you nearly jump out of your skin when you feel yet another document thrust into your hands. Before you can turn around, running feet have disappeared around some rather large stalagmites headed toward the entrance to the cave.

Why are you not surprised as you hold the papers in the light of the candle and see Csikzentmihalyi's name again. These few pages speak of Flow Activities, another excerpt from his book on //Flow//. 

It is short. The last page says "up to 5 XPs for a well written discussion of 4 types of activities that help balance anxiety and boredom to create a flow channel." You know without reading further that if you choose to pursue this pilgrimage, the writeup will go under the subject Flow Activities with the topic Pilgrimages on your Adventurer's Log Discussion Tab. || ||
 * As you start back toward the cave entrance, you decide you will remember this as Csikzentmihalyi's Cave. Would that be CC for short you muse with a grin. You scarce can believe it! As your gaze scans across a small field of stalagmites, there is one stalagmite that looks like -- yes, it is -- a small scroll of papers. It must have fallen from your mysterious runner's hand as he (or was it she) was running out after delivering the last batch of papers to you.

You unroll the scroll, fully expecting another bit of Csikzentmihalyi's work. You are not disappointed. "Autotelic workers" titles this section. It seems to be about a woman (Serafina) in Italian Alps, a man (Joe) in south Chicago (USA), and Ting, from the writings of Chuang Tzu, in ancient China.

Very interesting! Penciled on the last page is a note about up to 5 XPs for a good writeup, subject "Autotelic Workers" - topic "Pilgrimages" - Discussion Tab of your Adventurer's Log. || ||  Back to Dogwood_Lane Image sources: [] [] [] []
 * As you come out of the cave, you are thinking seriously about Flow. Obviously, "flow" is pretty important in the study of game-based learning. And, equally clear, you know you must figure out what Csikzentmihalyi is saying about flow. How many of his writings will you need to piece it all together? Well, that will give you something to write about in your Journal this week for sure! ||