Flow: Nina Salzberg

When we learned about the concept of flow, I automatically knew what it meant. I may not understand it as a religious experience, but I experience it in a different way. I've been an artist since as long as I can remember. In my high school years till now, I've become more in depth with my work and take my time on it. Sometimes when I'm painting/drawing/sculpting, or whatever else, I experience flow. To me, when I'm making artwork, flow comes to me when I least expect it. I'll be stuck on an idea and won't know where to go from that point, then all the sudden flow takes over. I get in a state of mind where I loose track of time and don't really know the outcome. It's kind of like someone/something takes over me and knows what to do. For hours I can sit at my desk and draw and not even realize what I'm doing. I know I'm drawing, and I know the general concept I want to make, but my mind takes over my body. My imagination takes over my hands and tells me what to draw. Once I'm done or out of the flow state, I realize I've been in the flow state. Because I step back and look at my artwork and think "I did this? What?"