This paper explores the idea of writing an eisegesis as part of a creativedoctorate. Not that its more commonly named cousin, the exegesis , is not sucha bad way to describe, in general terms, what is being written when writing ‘theother bit’ of a creative writing higher degree dissertation, but it has itslimitations. Eisegesis allows for a more subjective exploration of text, for playand uncertainty - ‘faulty interpretation’ - which in turn can lead the creativeresearcher to a more expansive way of approaching and writing the companionvolume necessary to the fulfillment of a higher degree by research. In this essayI will expand on the idea of writing eisegetically through the prism of my ownexperience of writing a doctoral dissertation, by harnessing visual images andassociation and the ‘irresistible field’ of play.