In response to Nick's last post: I recognize things in there. It is quite something to reveal one's working method next to the actual or intended work. For me personally, it doesn't have much to do with a wish to keep 'magic' alive. I guess I try to incorporate process in the work itself in order to somehow undo the mystery. For instance by using rational systems which reveals the steps taken during the creation. To me it's crucial to scrutinize how this process becomes a mechanism of its own, a mechanism to which I can open a little hatch so everybody can see the parts moving.
But like Nick, I have some resistance in putting attention to the artist in relation to a work.