Comments on: How do you solve a problem like rejection ? http://heartsongstudio.com/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-rejection/ Discover, uncover & recover your wild artistic potential! Tue, 13 Mar 2012 02:19:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Celeste Varley http://heartsongstudio.com/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Celeste Varley Fri, 31 Oct 2008 05:22:27 +0000 http://heartsongstudio.com/?p=135#comment-122 Nikki, I think maybe you're being too hard on yourself here. You may not be looking for rejection or praise. What if you were looking for just plain acknowledgment or recognition ? It takes courage to be open to the possibility of rejection or praise, even with experience in showing your work, and it always has an element of vulnerability. I love seeing your leaps-and-bounds growth from piece to piece, and admire your 'taking off' points of departure no end. You give me courage to grow. There's another big benefit from sharing your work with friends, that I'm just seeing myself. Opening yourself via your work can increase your self assurance and your appreciation for your own work. One criticism of my latest work was refuted using a point of scientific fact, but he had a second critical observation, and I agreed with him, so changed it - for the better. Another friend saw something that I hadn't, and this enhanced my appreciation of it a lot, because it fit perfectly with what was in my heart. Nikki, I think maybe you’re being too hard on yourself here. You may not be looking for rejection or praise. What if you were looking for just plain acknowledgment or recognition ? It takes courage to be open to the possibility of rejection or praise, even with experience in showing your work, and it always has an element of vulnerability.

I love seeing your leaps-and-bounds growth from piece to piece, and admire your ‘taking off’ points of departure no end. You give me courage to grow.

There’s another big benefit from sharing your work with friends, that I’m just seeing myself. Opening yourself via your work can increase your self assurance and your appreciation for your own work.

One criticism of my latest work was refuted using a point of scientific fact, but he had a second critical observation, and I agreed with him, so changed it – for the better. Another friend saw something that I hadn’t, and this enhanced my appreciation of it a lot, because it fit perfectly with what was in my heart.

]]> By: Nicola Temple http://heartsongstudio.com/how-do-you-solve-a-problem-like-rejection/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Nicola Temple Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:47:52 +0000 http://heartsongstudio.com/?p=135#comment-121 I needed to read this. I have just put my art up on a website and have been receiving loads of positive feedback. The statement "letting go of the need for both rejection and acceptance" rang very true for me. It made me think about what I want out of this? At first I told myself that I was wanting feedback as I haven't really had much formal training in my art....but as I only told friends and family, it's rather obvious I was only looking for positive feedback. Or was I? Maybe deep down I'm hoping someone will say "I love that piece, I would like to buy it!" Hmmmm....do I want that? Who am I doing this for? Very thought provoking. I needed to read this. I have just put my art up on a website and have been receiving loads of positive feedback. The statement “letting go of the need for both rejection and acceptance” rang very true for me. It made me think about what I want out of this? At first I told myself that I was wanting feedback as I haven’t really had much formal training in my art….but as I only told friends and family, it’s rather obvious I was only looking for positive feedback. Or was I? Maybe deep down I’m hoping someone will say “I love that piece, I would like to buy it!” Hmmmm….do I want that? Who am I doing this for? Very thought provoking.

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