Comments on: And Artists Do Hit the Hurdles Hard… http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/ Where all creative intentions go to die. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:11:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Gabe Combs http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-891 Gabe Combs Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:58:44 +0000 http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-891 never mind my example, your blog automatically makes an emoticon like some other places on the net... never mind my example, your blog automatically makes an emoticon like some other places on the net…

]]> By: Gabe Combs http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-890 Gabe Combs Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:57:48 +0000 http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-890 there is a tiny smiley at the bottom of your page, that i can see anyways. at least thats what it looks like, but its right side up instead of sideways like this :) well, maybe i just see smileys when i come to your blog... there is a tiny smiley at the bottom of your page, that i can see anyways. at least thats what it looks like, but its right side up instead of sideways like this :) well, maybe i just see smileys when i come to your blog…

]]> By: admin http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-889 admin Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:59:43 +0000 http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-889 Admin Note: The website of the sculptor in question, Sam Spiczka, can be found <a href="http://www.angelfire.com/mn2/sculptorsam/" rel="nofollow">here</a>. I have no idea what "smiley at the bottom of the page" Gabe Combs is referring to. Admin Note: The website of the sculptor in question, Sam Spiczka, can be found here.

I have no idea what “smiley at the bottom of the page” Gabe Combs is referring to.

]]> By: Gabe Combs http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-888 Gabe Combs Wed, 16 Apr 2008 18:46:16 +0000 http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-888 I'm a little surprised at the reaction of the artist in that letter, but I usually associate that sort of reaction with someone just beginning. Although, Sam has always spoken the way he does here of that process. BTW, Sam, if you come back and read this, my friend in SF emailed the other day and is now messing with metal sculpture. I directed him to my fav sculptor, being you and he really dug your work. Hes my old graf crew mate that is now the art director for Juxtapoz/Thrasher mags... I like the smiley at the bottom of the page... I’m a little surprised at the reaction of the artist in that letter, but I usually associate that sort of reaction with someone just beginning. Although, Sam has always spoken the way he does here of that process. BTW, Sam, if you come back and read this, my friend in SF emailed the other day and is now messing with metal sculpture. I directed him to my fav sculptor, being you and he really dug your work. Hes my old graf crew mate that is now the art director for Juxtapoz/Thrasher mags…

I like the smiley at the bottom of the page…

]]> By: admin http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-886 admin Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:38:05 +0000 http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-886 Thanks for the comment, Sam. Your thoughts about how to handle artistic rejection are reasoned, cogent, rational, and, dare I say, quite professional. Are you sure you're an artist? (Kidding...) Thanks for the comment, Sam. Your thoughts about how to handle artistic rejection are reasoned, cogent, rational, and, dare I say, quite professional.
Are you sure you’re an artist?

(Kidding…)

]]> By: Sam http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-885 Sam Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:17:09 +0000 http://www.artisticfailure.com/2008/04/11/and-artists-do-hit-the-hurdles-hard/#comment-885 Just mind-boggling. That is one of the nicer rejections letters you will ever receive. Heck, they even appear to have addressed it personally to the artist, most are just form letter which make no mention to the work(s) submitted. Obviously, in a world of finite space and resources, choices will have to be made. Otherwise, they wouldn't need a juror, exhibitions would simply have "administrators" whose job it was to catalog and hang every single work submitted. A better attitude would be to realize that you won't get into every show you apply for, that your acceptance rate will actually be a very low percentage - decide to apply for more things, not less, improving your application, documentation and fabrication skills with every try. Each failure then brings you one step closer to success. Personally, I save all my rejections and keep them in a now one-inch-thick folder for my future amusement. By keeping busy with new projects and upcoming applications, I have usually forgotten about past entries by the time I get the rejection in the mail so it's not that big a deal - there are more opportunities ahead. I know a fellow sculptor who took to wallpapering his studio bathroom with them. Seems to me this artist could benefit from similarly embracing their rejection with humor and resolve. Just mind-boggling. That is one of the nicer rejections letters you will ever receive. Heck, they even appear to have addressed it personally to the artist, most are just form letter which make no mention to the work(s) submitted.

Obviously, in a world of finite space and resources, choices will have to be made. Otherwise, they wouldn’t need a juror, exhibitions would simply have “administrators” whose job it was to catalog and hang every single work submitted. A better attitude would be to realize that you won’t get into every show you apply for, that your acceptance rate will actually be a very low percentage - decide to apply for more things, not less, improving your application, documentation and fabrication skills with every try. Each failure then brings you one step closer to success.

Personally, I save all my rejections and keep them in a now one-inch-thick folder for my future amusement. By keeping busy with new projects and upcoming applications, I have usually forgotten about past entries by the time I get the rejection in the mail so it’s not that big a deal - there are more opportunities ahead. I know a fellow sculptor who took to wallpapering his studio bathroom with them. Seems to me this artist could benefit from similarly embracing their rejection with humor and resolve.

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