Mr Funn

Write a reflection on your collaboration with your team throughout the semester. Address questions such as:

* What did you learn from observing or crossing over into your collaborators' disciplinary practices? 

I learned the most about listening to others and how to balance wants, needs and desires to fit into the composition. To listen I found where I could fit in my skill sets to offer a dialogue from the palate of which i had to offer

* What was surprising about the collaborative process? 

For us it was how close our ideas over lapped of wanting to use our work to speak to social awareness of the things that are currently facing out world and communities. 

* Identify any hurdles you overcame that might have been created by disciplinary expectations or norms.

 I think time management was key to us pulling off our project. We all had busy schedule being grad students. We had a chance to really figure out what the other persons thought process was not even being in the studio. We were able to check out other arts that helped tease out ideas for ourselves.

* What insights did you take away that might inform future interdisciplinary collaborations?

I think to remain open to ideas and not to get to attached to anything in the process. We can set things aside for a version 2-3 or 4. Another take away is that there is no thing such as perfection in some of these processes. It is about making work that fits that circumstance and space.  I think that is a great way to manage expectations. This also gives room for others to explore past their norms.