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[new] Give and take (Avg. Score: none / Raters: 0) (#1)
by amy on Wed Oct 8th, 2003 at 09:29:25 AM EURODISCORDIA TIME
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A few weeks ago, Jules Engel passed away, at the age of 94. For those of us who knew him, this is of course a very sad occasion. But, it gives us a chance to reflect on what a character he was, and his special talent, for, among other things, coming up with good quotes. He had some good ones about teaching, for example. My personal favorite Jules-on-teaching quote was, "When people ask me how I train animators, I say 'You don't train animators. You train dogs.'"... However, a slightly less blunt one was chosen for the press release used in the above article, and I think that one's somehow relevant here. (Yes, I realize I'm commenting on Aileen's post about collaboration and not Trebor's post about new media art education.)

Anyway, Jules apparently once said, "It is not what I give to a student that is most important, it is what I don't take away." ... Which makes me think there's something that obliquely relates to collaboration as well: A collaboration can give a lot - to each person and to the project - but it can also take things away. A whole can be greater than the sum of its parts - but it can also diminish each part.

Having worked solo for a long time and then found myself in various collaborations with various people, that it's something everyone needs to be cognizant of. I find the best situation for me is to balance working-alone situations with collaborative ones... and that the collaborative ones need to work in ways that feel mutually "additive" in the right ways.

My 2 cents + 2 cents + .....


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