| Monday, March 29, 2004 |
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Men (women too!) succeed when they realize that their failures are the preparation for their victories. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
I got a rejection letter today. Wait, it wasn't a letter, it was only my artwork returned in my S.A.S.E. I didn't even get a letter, not even a form letter. OK, I'm human, I cried. The funny thing is that I got over it a lot faster than I thought I would--much faster than I used to.
As soon as I saw the envelope I knew it wasn't good news. The fact that the envelope was covered with footprints wasn't a good sign either. It looked like I felt. I knew that if I got it back it meant that they didn't want it. Just a few weeks ago this would have kept me down for days. I refuse to let it. The best way to deal with rejection of your work is to deal with it quickly and let it go. It will not do me one bit of good to let this keep me down. The whole get back up on the horse thing.
This is only one out of thousands of places I will send my work and my guess is the first of many rejections I will get. But a wise person told me once that there is always someone that will buy your work. He is a potter who sells his work at craft fairs. Trying to cheer me up one day he told me that he's lucky because in his work if he's drawing a blank he could always make a bowl, "there's always a tourist from New Jersey who will buy a bowl." Well there is always someone out there who will buy my work. I just have to find my tourist.
*Note* No offense intended to anyone in New Jersey. I love New Jersey. I have been a tourist from PA buying many things in New Jersey. |
posted by Kelly @ 3/29/2004 09:48:00 PM   |
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