Absorb and allow. Then listen… and respond to primary source and place.
Do not get too caught up in roots.
Therefore… Enjoy the research. Absorb and allow.
The research will find its way into the work without forcing it.
Read with freedom and open heart . Explore with freedom. Go to place with freedom. Observe with freedom. Listen with freedom.
Then interpret. And express… freely. In your unique voice.
BUT!
Make a careful bibliography.
“I can’t go on. I’ll go on.”
—Samuel Beckett, The Unnamable