I’m feeling a little deflated.
I checked the list of accepted work for the show and neither of my pieces was listed. I’m disappointed because I really thought they’d make it in.
It’s hard to know whether there’s anything to learn from this. The show is only juried by one person so it could be that she just didn’t care for my style… Who knows? I could start second guessing whether they were good enough or whether she saw some fundamental flaw that I missed but I don’t think I will.
After all, I still really like both pieces so I guess I just swallow the sinking feeling of “they didn’t like my stuff!” and move on. And in a couple weeks when I can look at them more objectively, I’ll evaluate them to see if there’s anything I could have improved.
But it is interesting… whenever I’m very doubtful of getting into something, I do. When I get a little more confident, my ego takes a hit. There’s got to be something similar to Murphy’s Law that covers that. 