My band used to write songs by jamming until something emerged but now we each come in with parts we've worked out alone and we're basically just arranging each other's individual ideas instead of creating something that could only exist between all of us.
More people experience this than they realize.
Individual preparation has replaced collaborative discovery, losing the emergent magic that can only arise from shared creative presence.
“Where Are You with Creative community and artistic circles?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.