In fact, his “inner space” is an adherence to an inner substance. As it happens, he has had long, delightful experience of deep-sea diving and, for him, the ocean has become a form of “space.” At a little over 125 feet under the surface of the water, he discovered “absolute depth,” depth that is beyond measuring, and would give no greater powers of dream and thought if it were doubled or even tripled. By means, then, of his diving experiences Diolé really entered into the volume of the water.

