To paraphrase the words of John Lennon, part of our research is also what happens to us while we are busy investigating our main topics. This session is going to talk about how sometimes ideas that sits at the periphery or are secondary to our main topics find their way into the core of the research. In my artistic practice working at the intersection of a playwright/director, I usually write or/and devise with actors, something that was also expected to be at the core of my artistic research. But after covid restrictions were imposed, my usual working methods became unattainable. Since I couldn’t reach the audience via actors, I had to explore different ways to create work that engaged them directly. This experiment led to two interesting artistic manifestations or outcomes, which will be the subject of the session.