Rejection

Rejection is a just a part of being an artist. But tbh it fucking stings. It is just something you have to deal with and something you absolutely have to get used to. It does get easier to deal with the more you experience it though. I recently dealt with some unexpected rejection and totally spiraled. I immediately called my best friend (she is a port in a storm for me, and always eases me in a crisis). She gave an incredible pep talk and the thing that stuck with me the most was this: She said “you’ve chosen this career and for every job, you have to eat a shit sandwich. You just have to figure out if that’s the shit sandwich you want to eat.” Like is the shit sandwich of rejection worth being an artist? I think it is. There are a lot of shit sandwiches in a lot of careers I am completely unwilling to eat.

This is not an easy career to pursue. But I feel like I was born to create this art. It is a compulsion. It is my nature. So I will not give up, despite sometimes dealing with rejection. It just means the universe has something else in mind for me.