ABSTRACT
This chapter is a result of many years of reflective and practical exploration and examination of my own creative process in the context of my practice, as well as within an academic context. It describes the difficulties created by the tension between the iterative interaction between myself and my performance practice, and the academic methodological framework governing my master’s and doctoral research studies within which I needed to describe the creative practice. I then describe how I resolved this dilemma, sharing my own creative process in the hope of reassuring others of the value of maintaining an intuitive approach to their art and design practice within an academic framework. It was born out of frustration of first encounters with the academic framework of research during my postgraduate studies, having spent much time ‘jumping through the hoops’ of the academy, while simultaneously fighting it, and also wanting to mentor other artists through the process.
