First let me say that I believe in my work whole-heatedly, but from time to time, like many artists, I may have feelings of insecurity about it. Like when you are going to a party where you don't know anyone. Will any one like you? And it is the same with your work. Will any one like it?
Well I have been sending my books and photos out to numerous competitions lately. As the results of the judging comes back I have been disappointed to find out that my work has failed to place, but after checking out the winners I was able to take comfort in the fact that I was among very stiff competition and that all the winners, in my opinion, deserved to win! This, however, has not deterred me. I have continued to put my work out there.
This week that perseverance has paid off. I was recently sent this link to a review that appeared on Imagination-Cafe Magazine blog. http://imaginationcafeblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/deep-black-pond-review.html I was thrilled by this short review because it showed that there are others out there that like my work and enjoy what I am doing. In addition there have been two reviews posted to amazon.com as well as to the barns & noble site, which I am also attaching. http://www.amazon.com/Deep-Black-Pond-Morgan-Kostival/product-reviews/1609764862/ref=sr_1_1_cm_cr_acr_pop_hist_all?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&qid=1307232398&sr=1-1 and http://www.amazon.com/Gray-Garden-Aunt-Nancys-ebook/product-reviews/B004TGX76U/ref=sr_1_cc_3_cm_cr_acr_pop_hist_all?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=1&qid=1307232514&sr=1-3-catcorr
The bottom line is that you and I, as artists, must continue to put our work out there to be judged by others whether we like it or not. It has been said that there is no such thing as bad publicity. The only bad thing is if no one is talking about you or your work at all. So I will continue to do all that I can to keep putting my work in front of the public and I know that my work will find it's audience.
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