Rejection Correction
What is the best feedback you have received from somebody about your work? What is the worst?
As artists we are constantly putting our work - and our selves - on view for public display and review. For many, this process of exposure is fraught with anxiety and doubt. Especially if you have ever been the recipient of negative criticism about your work. And let's be honest here: we all have.
The potential of hearing negative feedback is especially daunting for people who are just beginning to show their work publicly. While criticism is never easy to receive, over time many artists develop a "thick skin" and learn how to better deal with negativity - and can even learn to grow from it. And in my mind, the possibility of positive feedback and affirmation of creativity always trumps the worry over criticism.
This topic is always a big issue for artists. You can follow the two links below to hear more and/or add your own thoughts and experiences in a comment to this post.
Five artists, including myself, discuss the topic on Somerset Place and a lively discussion continues in the comments there. Read all the thoughts on the following questions: What is the best feedback you have ever received? Has constructive criticism helped you develop personally or improved your artwork? Do you listen to the comments of others?
Those of you who have either faced rejection as an artist or are fearful that you will, might be interested in reading my Creative Pulse column in the current September/October issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. In it, I discuss how to deal with rejection and present ways to turn a rejection into an experience with a positive outcome.
As artists we are constantly putting our work - and our selves - on view for public display and review. For many, this process of exposure is fraught with anxiety and doubt. Especially if you have ever been the recipient of negative criticism about your work. And let's be honest here: we all have.
The potential of hearing negative feedback is especially daunting for people who are just beginning to show their work publicly. While criticism is never easy to receive, over time many artists develop a "thick skin" and learn how to better deal with negativity - and can even learn to grow from it. And in my mind, the possibility of positive feedback and affirmation of creativity always trumps the worry over criticism.
This topic is always a big issue for artists. You can follow the two links below to hear more and/or add your own thoughts and experiences in a comment to this post.
Five artists, including myself, discuss the topic on Somerset Place and a lively discussion continues in the comments there. Read all the thoughts on the following questions: What is the best feedback you have ever received? Has constructive criticism helped you develop personally or improved your artwork? Do you listen to the comments of others?
Those of you who have either faced rejection as an artist or are fearful that you will, might be interested in reading my Creative Pulse column in the current September/October issue of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine. In it, I discuss how to deal with rejection and present ways to turn a rejection into an experience with a positive outcome.
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