"Is it time for another group meeting?" I ponder. You groan

Sometimes group work sucks. And it doesn't matter what subjects you've done on conflict management, or what $1000 / hour courses you've sat through learning about Myers-Briggs personality types - it sucks and that's all there is to it. Of course, that doesn't mean the experience isn't useful. The negative experiences often teach more than the positive. Even if the lesson is "I'm never working with x again!"

Interestingly, even my recent negative group experience was somewhat helpful to my creative process. Well it would've been if I was in the process of developing a new fighter game / FPS or other general 'murder simulator'. But I'm not. So in hindsight the experience was completely useless.

So moving on... The above experience hinted at was not in relation to my 016 group. In that, I've been lucky enough to be in a group with someone I seem to work well with. Or rather not work well with. Meaning we both don't work, and we do it well.

I spose this group has impacted somewhat on my creative process, but as mentioned in previous posts that process has been somewhat stunted recently. Of course, working in a group with someone you're friends with is a bonus - there's that extra element of honesty (even if it's only a flicker before the façade is put up) that lets you know when your idea is complete crap. Having this assessment come from a friend I find makes it seem less of a personal assault, and allows me to quickly move on from ideas that are destined to crash and burn.