Being part of something bigger than oneself is truly liberating. Perhaps it is the need to belong, to feel connected. Or perhaps it is recognising on some level, that whilst we may be limited in our own artistic vision or language, as a collective we are not.
Having an awareness to the limits of a single perspective, an individual voice, is vital to cultivating real significance.
The reward is not one's own success. It is seeing from the seeds we have sown, what will take hold in the fertile ground and in time, what will flower.