8.1.7 Humour

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   8.1.7 Humour Former USA Secretary of State and Ambassador to the UN, Madeleine Albright (2003: 320) asserts that in order to begin a dialogue between...

8.1.6 Data collection and analysis

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   8.1.6 Data collection and analysis For this research I created short films and videos, poetry, graphic designs, installations, photography,...

8.1.5 Self exploration

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   8.1.5 Self exploration After years of study, Kant (Lemay & Pitts, 1994: 19) came up with the conclusion that all humans have similar faculties that...

8.1.4 Art practice as a research method

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   8.1.4 Art practice as a research method 8.1.4.1 DevelopmentIn this PhD research I could have chosen to explore artworks that other artists had already...

8.1.3 In-depth interviews

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   8.1.3 In-depth interviews Interviews can be used as a field study and a method to gaining a direct access to the artists, the primary source, as...

8.1.2 Grounded theory

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   8.1.2 Grounded theory Grounded theory is interested in the linking of events through their development, for the purpose of generating a common theme....

8.1.1 Phenomenology

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   8.1.1 Phenomenology 8.1.1.1 AgentPrior to the start of this research, in February 2006, I had two distinct modes of thought. One involved being a...

8.1 Methods

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   8.1 Methods The following sections will detail the methods: In section Phenomenology I will discuss the theory behind the phenomenological approach,...

8. Methodology

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   8. Methodology My interest is in understanding the actual experiences of opening up to inspiration within my own personal practice of making art as...

7.1 Summary of Literature and Intentions of the Investigation

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   7.1 Summary of Literature and Intentions of the Investigation The literature cited above scans the developments in art from representing the external...

7. Literature Review (pt 2 of 2)

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   7. Literature Review (pt 2 of 2) Carl Jung (1990: 72), discussing creative processes in what he coined ‘extraverted art’, uses a plant as an...

7. Literature Review (pt 1 of 2)

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   7. Literature Review (pt 1 of 2) This research draws from the area of visual art studies, English literature critiques, psychology, philosophy and...

6. Introduction

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   6. Introduction This thesis looks at the issue of the creative process that operates in the mind and the heart of artists, which was developed...

5. Abstract

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   5. Abstract This thesis describes an exploration of the processes of conception of inspiration and application in art-making through making art...

4. Lists (icons, diagrams, graphs, figures)

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   4. Lists (icons, diagrams, graphs, figures)   List of icons used within the body text:    = ‘see appendix’. = ‘a DVD disc of the film is enclosed...

3. Table of Content

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   3. Table of Content 1. Thesis Title Page 2. Dedication 3. Table of Content 4. Lists (icons, diagrams, graphs, figures) 5. Abstract 6. Introduction 7....

2. Dedication

Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice. PhD thesis in Art, Design & Media, by Gil Dekel.   2. Dedication To the one who is walking beside me for thousands of years now, my wife, and the one who reminds me why we are here, my child. I am...

1. Thesis Title Page

01. Thesis Title Page Inspiration: a functional approach to creative practice Gil Dekel Thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirementsfor the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy of the University of Portsmouth   May 2009[formatted for the web...