From Aaron:

1. Do you think it's more important to collaborate or to compete in the realm of the arts?

This question is loaded. Both are extremely important. The readings today discuss that collaboration is actually competition, that we compete while collaborating to make our works progress, to make them as good and creative as possible. It is through this competition that we push each other, essentially trying to better the last one's work, not to defeat them but to progress the work towards an ultimate goal. The realm of arts is always in play, in pure competition or collaboration. Both are of equal importance and each works together to accomplish a greater good with the goal of the work.