VIII If Lost or Lonely
They say that the answer in life is always no, unless you ask. Asking can be hard because it requires the very opposite of what this book is about. In the case of presenting your work at a portfolio review, submitting it to a jury, entering it in a competition, or otherwise getting it out there you have to establish a degree of separation between your work and yourself.
I’ve heard many students say, “I have been rejected.” The fact is your work was not included in a show or publication, because it likely had a certain theme or other conceptual focus that someone determined and your work did not fit into it. Your work may have been truly appreciated but deemed to be outside of the thematic ...
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