Collaborative Experience

What has this experience of working collaboratively added to your understanding of what one learns through art?

When working collaboratively, I've learned that everyone has different sensibilities. In my painting class with Peter Deacon, we were given a piece of a postcard to paint. Everyone had a slightly different way that they saw colour and painting style. It was very interesting to see that in a combined piece. I also learned that negotiating is sometimes not the easist thing. Sometimes there's someone in your group who wants to do things their way and take charge. You can either argue or just go along with them and sometimes the effort is not worth it. In this sense, you have to learn to be more patient. Also you learn that although this is a collaborative piece, a part of yourself is still put into the art. The parts you do is your interpretation which still justifies the work as yours while it is also everyones.