Babble + Yak

Yak: Emma  Rejection is one of those things that everyone experiences.  the fear of rejection probably has some roots in early caveman behaviour, but I am not a scientist or  Anthropologist (I hope that's the right "ist"?) but I am human and I have felt rejection.     Whether its a job, a partner, social or familial its guaranteed we will all feel rejection at some point.   In life you have to take risks and this fear of failure is part of that risk, you have to make yourself vulnerable and put yourself out there.  At the beginning of the year I did that. I decided to enter in to an open call, for a design to cover a Elmer the Elephant as part of the Great North parade for St Oswalds Hospice in Newcastle.  The brief was very open and part of my plan for 2019 was to take that leap, push myself and my work further.  The idea came together quickly, if I am honest probably too quickly for me to judge it good enough.  I went...

Yak:Emma January dragged, February passed in a blink of an eye and here we are nearly at the end of March and I feel the (self imposed) pressure! Already I have applied for shows, been rejected and accepted, went out of my comfort zone and applied for Elmer's Great North parade (waiting on that...) booked in and done the prep for a workshop (30th March) finished a commission, got another one, attended two business meetings, worked through a couple of chapters of my business planner, sold a few prints, applied for a couple of jobs (rejected) read a finance book on being an artist and made so many lists I am running out of post-its! And that is all before life admin of doing a full time job, fitting in medical appointments, dealing with outcomes of appointments, meeting up with friends and family, going to Pilates and HIIT classes, paying bills and budgeting for hen-do's, holidays and weddings! Commissioned piece-February 2019 (C) E Pinnock Cornwall. Where does our time...