How do you create?

I'm impressed by the creations I see on blogs I visit. Many churning out piece after piece as they try to keep up with their creative flows. I'm not an artist. I just flow along occasionally paddling, sinking or getting caught in little whirlpools of water between jagged rocks. So I wonder how it's done.

Does the artist control the creation or does the creation control the artist? 

Or neither? 

Or perhaps both?

You see, I don't believe I create my creations. I wake up and there may be a pressing desire to go to the studio and pick up a canvas. I feel as if I zone out and just start making something. As soon as my head gets into the process, I stop. And I can't pick up again until I either dream about the next step or the desire pushes me to show up again. I feel used. Like my brain doesn't have the capability to create so something uses my hands instead. Hmmm makes no sense does it.

And so it was a few weeks ago when April asked us to choose a quote as a basis for a collage. I thought of a few and went to bed. In my dream state I remember hearing this statement and knew that it was what I had to base my collage on. I also "saw" what it should look like. Unfortunately, I'm now playing the waiting game to see where this piece is going. Looking at it I am fascinated by what's been included within. And while it was coming together all I kept hearing was "see how far you've come?"

And with that first step she discovered her abilities

So here's the in progress piece. I wish I could tell you where it's going from here. But the hell if I know. I'm just swimming in circles.