Okay, let’s have a conversation about how trying your best is good enough. I write this as someone who believes this theory. Yet, I beat myself up for nearly everything I do because I always think I can try harder. It winds up being a very tall order.
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Apply, Wait, Cry, Sulk, Repeat
For the last few weeks, I’ve been applying for a bunch of grants and awards while researching artists’ residencies I’ve not considered before. My enthusiasm for residencies has worn, especially over the last year. And it’s not because the grapes are sour, either.
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As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I’d ordered an EZRest mahl stick from Amazon/Jerry’s Artorama. Well, it arrived the other day, and while it’s a good idea and invention, it wasn’t for me. The wood block on the clamp is pretty big, and it wasn’t easy to attach it anywhere on my easel. When we got it on there temporarily, the stick/arm kinda wiggles and has enough give to touch the painting, defeating the whole purpose of resting your hand on it. I’m returning it.
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Trying. Trying. I’m always trying to get shit done. Seems it’s never-ending and it seems like it’s never good enough. But I think I’m getting somewhere, even if it doesn’t feel like it sometimes.
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Well, I should have known better than to get my hopes up for Skowhegan. That’s the most challenging place to get into. (More difficult than Harvard!) Maybe I shouldn’t have even applied, but I got my rejection letter on Monday.
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