"I carry a box with a couple of sets of Sharpies of various colours plus Muji pens and pencils. Grabbed and distributed in a coordinated Mexican wave. Seriously, the full Csikszentmihalyi flow."
Sharpies: 2mm thick permanent marker pens in bright colours
Muji: Japanese stationery shop with a good stock of fine nib gel and ink pens
Mihali Csikszentmihalyi is a philosopher who has articulated the concept of flow-state. The relevant Wikipedia page is a good basic guide [1]
"While my students normally exhibited a substantial amount of distraction in our class, I was pleased to discover that since they were all artistically-oriented students, an impromptu art activity was able to occupy their full undivided attention for an extended period of time."
You're welcome.
I was using the term as a metaphor for the way that particular group of students just all went for the chance to draw something.
Thankyou for engaging.