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A Working Model for Art as Research
Introduction
This article introduces a number of ideas I have explored as an attempt to develop a basic experiential learning model to become a model for art making as research of personal experience.
This is the model I developed to describe my own working practice. It draws on all sorts of sources that are generally not referenced in writing I have seen about experiential learning, but through my own practice research, I think are relevant to art making as experiential learning. Experiential learning is assumed to be a form of personal research, and references are made to work from post-graduate arts-based research in Fine Art and the Arts Therapies.
It has seven elements, which are presented as parts of a circular sequence that returns to itself. In practice, these elements often occur simultaneously.
It is a long read of about 7k words, taking about 25–30 minutes.
I present it as a long blog post, click page 2 below.
Six Hidden Forces That Kill Curiosity
How to overcome curiosity killers.
From Psychology Today
July 2, 2025
Curiosity is central to art making. It can be undertaken as a kind of adventure or as research in which we are curious to see what happens when we make some thing come into existence that has not ever existed before. The making of it will frequently bring up unexpected outcomes.
This article came into my newsfeed on July 2nd, and the author Jeff Wetzler, has done a great job of bringing a deft journalistic touch to a wealth of research evidence about curiosity with six clear ways curiosity is thwarted.
Jeff writes largely about curiosity about other people’s experience, and this is manifest in our encountering art made by other people. So in this sense, being open to art as insight into the experience of ‘the other’ intrinsically promotes diversity.
But personal arts practice as research may be understood to bring this insight into one’s own diversity.
The content is great call to embrace curiosity and I suggest viewing and doing art is a great way to nurture curiosity about others and the self. If one makes art outdoors, then the same curiosity may be nurtured regards the more-than-human world as well.
If you feel like you are in a state of writers block, or your curiosity to make art is diminished, the article may also have good advice as to possible causes and ways to unblock.
You can read the full article here on the original website and get access to other excellent articles by Jeff, or to view it on a separate page, click page 2 below. (Drop me a line if the pagebreak feature does not work.)
Moving Space 