{"id":6181,"date":"2021-02-11T15:45:34","date_gmt":"2021-02-11T14:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/2021\/02\/11\/the-art-of-failure-for-an-artist\/"},"modified":"2024-02-18T22:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-18T21:02:17","slug":"the-art-of-failure-for-an-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/2021\/02\/11\/the-art-of-failure-for-an-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"The art of failure (for an artist)"},"content":{"rendered":" \n

Today I want to talk to you about a very personal issue but I think that discussing it can help you not feel so lonely: failure and loss.<\/em><\/p> \n \n

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Magaly Arocha figurative painter in her studio in Bologna Italy<\/figcaption><\/figure> \n \n

Acceptance <\/span><\/strong><\/p> \n \n

We live in a world that glorifies victory and condemns defeat. Today more than ever in social networks we find only successful people. Never a defeat: only victories.<\/p> \n \n

Unfortunately, I have experienced some losses in the last few months. I have undertaken some competitions and contests and they have have preferred other candidates. <\/strong>I felt too bad. It took me a few weeks to get rid of that mixed feelings.<\/p> \n \n

I was embarrassed. I did not speak to anyone about it. I felt that I was not worth as an artist.<\/strong> I did not want to paint for several days. A thought got ahold of my mind: why to paint if my paintings are not chosen? And then the decision: never again a contest for me.<\/strong><\/p> \n \n

After a few days of isolation and reflection, I got to work again. I started reviewing my applications. I participated in the meetings of the organizers of the contest and in the awards ceremonies of the artists (a great suffering, I admit) to understand what I had to learn and perhaps where I went wrong.<\/p> \n \n

Because it must be said that when they discard you they do not explain why and that is why I have made this lack a new incentive<\/strong> to research and study and invest in training. <\/p> \n \n

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The recovery<\/span><\/strong><\/p> \n \n

I attended training seminars to review the materials to be submitted: artist statement, biography, resume, and artistic presentation. I chatted with other classified artists and got to work.<\/strong><\/p> \n \n

I reviewed my presentation based on the feedback received and did extensive research on some concepts that I still did not fully understand.<\/p> \n \n

All this to say that defeats<\/strong> exist and there is no reason to be ashamed and hide. Sure, they hurt, but it\u2019s more painful to freeze and lick your wounds.<\/strong> <\/p> \n \n

To progress you have to face failure.<\/strong> To move on, you have to try again, find another way.<\/p> \n \n

I speak from my own experience. The fact of studying helped me to metabolize and react and while I study and wonder I don\u2019t think about contests. I focus on getting better. <\/p> \n \n

\u27a1\ufe0f Have you ever been discarded? How did you react to it? Do you think defeats can help you grow?<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today I want to talk to you about a very personal issue but I think that discussing it can help you not feel so lonely: failure and loss. Acceptance We live in a world that glorifies victory and condemns defeat. Today more than ever in social networks we find only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5752,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6181"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6182,"href":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6181\/revisions\/6182"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.magalyarocha.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}