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.

Questions on Collaboration

1)  What have been some successes and failures of co-authorship in the past for you?  What difficulties/successes have you had with the video project so far in this aspect?

2) Imagine you sit in front of a board of authors, all of whom worked on the same piece you mean to inquire upon.  Do you feel that when you ask a question whoever answers is the most knowledgeable on that topic?  Or would you expect to hear a response from all the authors, since they all comprised this work?  Basically, would you expect a clear line between what each is versed at or what each studied, or do you think they all would have comprehensive knowledge?

3) Interview question:  Where in your life have you found that a collaboration was necessary to complete a task?  How did you accomplish this goal with others, and what skill sets did you call upon to do so?