ABSTRACT
QUESTIONS AND PROCESS One of my greatest concerns is that the reader might too quickly draw conclusions from the work that Francis and I did. It was a vital discovery in my research that answers are intrinsically less important than questions: questions themselves are enlightening; questions hold the key to a greater understanding of music therapy. My research gained clarity through searching, rather than by empirical analysis. Answers did emerge at various points, but these moments were always unexpected. I learned not to be always seeking conclusions, but to live with the openness of not knowing. Just as our existence is a constant evolution of challenges, so new perspectives in music therapy mean that practice can never be constant or fully known. Coming to firm conclusions is rather like setting in stone assumptions about a creativity that is as fragile and everchanging as the mist. If in any way I have been able to present Francis’s musical and verbal testament without making his ideas sacrosanct then I will have treated his legacy with the respect it warrants.
