Statement of the phenomenon of interest The phenomenon of interest has been clearly identified in the research paper. Reynolds and Prior have studied women who had cancer therapy and who have adopted some method of creative arts in their lives after the therapy and which have given them rich experiences. How these experiences have helped them to cope with their health problem is amazing by their enthusiastic recounting of experiences of flow in their creative adventures. Their description tells us vividly how the “fear-arousing diagnosis” and the “discomforts of potential disfiguring” are allayed through the creative arts. The authors have discussed the findings of previous studies which have indicated distress in cancer patients due to recurrence and metastasis (Saegrove and Halding, 2003). Frank (1991) spoke of a stigmatized cancer identity where the patient feels disconnected from the familiar self. Some people are believed to have positive changes after learning about having cancer (Urcoyo et al, 2005). Others have spoken of an experience accompanied by feelings of aliveness and vitality (Nakamura and Csikszentmihalyi, 2002). The concept of flow has been taken from Csikszentmihalyi (1997). Its relevance to occupational therapy has been indicated by Emerson (1998). Flow activities provide stimulus to develop skills but task difficulty does not optimize flow but causes stress and anxiety (Rebeiro and Polgar, 1999). Flow experiences have been studied in many leisure activities like keeping scrapbooks, cake decoration, listening to music, seeing works of art and creative writing (Csikszentmihalyi, 1990; Dickerson, 2000; Scheerer et al, 2004). Flow is associated with clear goals and clear feedback and is related to optimal psychological wellbeing. It is described as allowing the development of skills, leads to accomplishment, control and autonomy. The experience allows the person to feel comfortable in the environment without distracted thoughts away from thoughts about the illness, pain, and mortality. Tocher (2002) had interviewed 22 women who had cancer and had since joined dragon boat racing teams. The feelings were similar in them. The authors have suggested that the qualitative approach was selected for acquiring the varied and vibrant flow of rich experiences of the creative processes. There was an initial list of possible themes gathered from previous studies: challenge, intense concentration, sense of altered time or extended present, reduce awareness of environment and self, developing skills, feelings of confidence and achievement, clear goals and feedback. The aim of the study was to elicit how the ladies learned to cope with their cancer through their creative adventures and so semi-structured interviews were selected. The template approach of Csikszentmihalyi (1997) was used to find out how the ladies forgot their thoughts of cancer and “reprioritized their goals”. The philosophy of creative occupation really working for people with life-threatening illnesses to positively change them and to alleviate their stress must be remembered by all occupation al therapists in their practice. Flow experiences involve great concentration and total involvement in the chosen a