Ti år med Ludt og Lillebror: Poetiske skriveprosesser i forskning, undervisning og kunstnerisk virke

This text addresses poetic writing within the author’s own a/r/tographic practice. It explores the distinctive features characterising the author’s poetic writing over the past decade, encompassing research, teaching, and artistic work. The poetic writings processes studied are quite varied, and expressions range from song lyrics with end rhymes to loose verbal sketches employing poetic devices. The presentation unfolds in a narrative form wherein the texts are primarily examined through the lens of a/r/tographic theory and research. The poetic processes/features that stand out in particular include capturing impulses (and thereby articulating the vague); sharpening focus (and thereby accepting slow pace and high sensitivity); clearing up (while simultaneously creating patterns and meaning); and playing (thus also involving the use of humor and surprises). These aspects are discussed in relation to living as an a/r/tographer, demonstrating that poetic writing processes can be fruitful in most phases of a research project and can be linked to the artist, the researcher, as well as the educator. Furthermore, the poetic sketches affirm the interstice as well as the intertwining between the personal and the professional, and between the individual and the social—both aspects important in a/r/tography. Photo: Torill Vist