ABSTRACT
In Chapter 3, the nature of reflective thinking in creative practice is explored and reframed drawing on the views and experience of creative practitioners. Creative reflective practice involves many interwoven activities, as practitioners search for understanding through making works of various forms. We look at creative practice through the prism of the practitioner process − the activities. The outcomes – the ‘works’ − are considered insofar as they are integral to the process, but they are not the main focus of attention. Creative practice is influenced by situations that are different to those that typically face the professional practitioners discussed previously in Chapter 2 and this has implications for how reflection takes place. Variations of reflection in practice that provide a more nuanced picture of the reflective creative process have been identified and five inter-related categories are described. Practitioner observations about personal practice and the way they appraise and learn from making works appear as examples throughout the discussion. This is followed by individual profiles and interviews with practitioners currently working in a range of fields including visual and sound art, curatorial and collaborative art and projects combining traditional theatre and digital technologies.
