Vaginas & Collaboration

As we sat waiting for The Vagina Monologues to begin last night, Shumi (who went back for a second show) mentioned how nice it was to see the cast of women sitting together. Some looked a little nervous, some excited, but they had an air of 'being in this together' and of being proud of the performance that they had worked hard to prepare and rehearse around their Uni work and whatever else they had going on in their lives.
It seemed particularly apt that Shumi should make this observation as it fit with what she had talked about in her last post and with what I have been mulling over myself for the past couple of days. One of the things I, too, am hoping to achieve with this blog is to engage in a very self aware process of how ideas can develop in our online collaboration. Putting ego and competition aside and really allowing myself to enjoy the process and (hopefully!) the results. This is not an easy thing for me to do in some ways. I don't trust people easily, and have tended to be somewhat protective of what I have seen as my 'intellectual property'(however paltry it may be) in the past. Getting over this pushes me into somewhat unfamiliar territory, and I'm excited to explore it!
Back to the VMs: I was kind of stressed out before the show with stuff from work and feeling under pressure on a number of levels, so it was a little strange in that I really enjoyed the performance but almost immediately afterwards I found myself unable to really think about it too much as my earlier stresses seeped right back into my head again. I do want to think it over though, and will hopefully get a chance to post again today in detail.
Okay, gotta run and go learn how to lift boxes without hurting myself for work.