Diving into the Creative Realm

6 I heard an artist compare the creative process to diving deeply under the water and remaining immersed as you create, staying under for long periods of time, only coming up for a quick breath of air before returning to the depths. This remains the truest description of the experience of making art that I have encountered. I, too, make these deep dives. I have had to learn how deep I can and want to go, how to use the equipment, and how to identify when I can stay under for long periods or when a quick dive is in order. I believe that this diving is how we find content for art, how we become intimate with what our art will be about. It is necessary. M E G A N C U L P