My week is not off to the greatest start. Firstly, I got my creative resume back in the mail, and not in a nice way. It was in a new envelope, with no cover letter, nada. Not even a little tag saying, "don't quit your day job" as a shred of feedback.
Getting absolutely no response feels confusing to me. I know that art committees are usually run by volunteers who have other actual jobs. Mistakes get made, things get overlooked. It's still hard not to be a little crushed by this. And now I'm going to have to explain this to my imagination that has already spent a huge chunk of the art stipend on an old fashioned German printer. I guess we'll just have to figure out some other way.
Well, I wasn't about to let a little thing like a 100 or so hours of my life not getting acknowledged stop me from making great art!! I'll show these Germans!
I took some cleansing breaths and hauled out the spray paints... (only to play around mind you) and just when I was having fun, a bird literally plopped a big wet crap on my work space.
Nothing like seeing bird crap splatter in person and fresh to boot!
Secondly, doesn't spray paint therapy just make one feel great? Woohoo!
Hang in there with your creative resume. You rock and don't you forget it!
Arty hugs.
Posted by: Linda | June 23, 2010 at 08:39 AM
Yeah, show these germans! Send them a thank-you card with the bird-poo on it (and call it art!). Happy crafting! xx
Posted by: Skytimes | June 23, 2010 at 09:31 AM
I like what Skytimes suggested! Sorry to hear this, tj. Do they give you any way to find out what the winning entry was? Sometimes when things are being judged subjectively, there are politics involved, too. It doesn't mean your art isn't great, but might mean that someone knows someone, etc.
Posted by: Anne | June 23, 2010 at 12:30 PM
OMG - your post made me laugh! I'm sorry to about your resume, but you know it happens to all of us. We feel your pain! Hang in there and keep working those spray paints and I also like what Skytimes suggested...
Stupid bird... at least it wasn't on your head!
:)
Posted by: Kelly Thiel | June 24, 2010 at 09:33 PM
Oh, honey, I'm sure that bird was telling you exactly what to do to that so-called "art committee"!
You are beautiful, young, and talented, with SUPPORTERS & FANS AROUND THE WORLD.
"They" have nothing of this, so they don't deserve your beautiful creative juices, which everyone else absolutely LOVES & ADORES.
Find a space and have your own exhibit with other artists. I'll be some of your readers are willing to participate.
Who needs a committee????
Posted by: DJ | June 27, 2010 at 07:06 PM