DISCOVERY-
✨The 3rd panel of Into the Deep now on view at @overturegalleries for Reenter, Renew
✨ Describes part of my creative process
✨Describes a state we inhabit ( after Surrender- panel 1 and Detachment- panel 2) after we have broken barriers around things that have held us back. We can move deeper to explore new ideas and concepts with the curiosity of a child.
✨Describes creatures found at or around the midnight zone ( Bathypelagic zone) of the ocean- beyond where sunlight penetrates water. The creatures depicted here all create their own bioluminescence ( light) to thrive in complete darkness.
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When creating there are times where the chatter of the brain falls away. Your hand - brain connection is at it's purest and you cannot tell where you end and the thing you are working on starts. Time ceases to exist. This flow state is a gift of presence that drowns out all the unimportant noise.
By allowing ourselves to merge with thoughts and ideas, creators produce light in the darkness.
Think about what you did and continue to do during these years of COVID: Watch movies or shows, read books, view art online, bake some bread, start a new hobby, etc?
Creators are bioluminescent creatures. By practicing creativity yourself you too can add your light to the dark. If you find yourself falling into the darkness look for lights that artists of all kinds give off or treat yourself to some creative play and you'll discover how we endure.
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