The Rhythm and Flow State of Creativity.

There’s a place between intention and imagination, where the mind enters a sort of creative autopilot, where your creative intent flows nearly effortlessly and the most imaginative ideas within your understanding begin to pour out.

This space is often quiet, something you slip into without realizing at first. It’s like a tide pulling you in, and suddenly you’re immersed in something deeper than thought and you can't stop creating until this state ends or the piece you're working on is finished. Its like the mind starts channeling more than thinking. There’s still effort, but it’s the kind that feels more like listening than speaking, more like revealing than inventing if that makes sense.

In my experience this state is often triggered by intense emotions through a joyous or depressive state, but its likely different for each person.

Ultimately the closer you get to your art and the more you connect with your process, the easier it seems to be to enter this state of consciousness.

It acts as an unspoken relationship, between you and the work, a hidden pact only fully known by you and what you create. Like any relationship, it deepens with trust and time. The more time you spend with your medium, not just using it, but understanding it, being vulnerable with it, the more it gives back.

Overtime you start to feel the rhythm of what your art is asking of you, and your responses become more fluid, less hesitant. You stop second guessing, not because you know everything, but because you’re finally okay with not needing to.

You begin to unmask yourself and the depth of your creativity, as if what you're making always existed and you’re simply uncovering it. It gives an interesting credence to the philosophy of artists being conduits of the infinite.

And even in abstraction, this flow also feels grounded. It comes from your accumulated memory, your instincts, your technical experience, your emotional experiences. It’s the fullest version of your inner self coming into motion, uninterrupted.

It’s not always a smooth or graceful process though. This state doesn’t guarantee perfection within the work you create, but It offers temporary erosion of the wall between your conscious self and your subconscious self. And through that erosion, you’re able to reach something that feels both deeply authentic and cosmic.

Do you have any unique experiences with this as an artist? How much of your best art has been influenced by this?