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mopinko

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7. yup.

Reply to GreenPartyVoter (Reply #6)

Wed May 13, 2020, 07:56 AM

May 2020

the last year i considered myself a fulltime artist, i did 4 art fairs.
not just my mental health, but my physical health, just couldnt.
i dropped out of that world w a biiiig thud.

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welp, when i got invited to put some old work in an anniversary show, [View all] mopinko May 2020 OP

Well I've been turned down in juried shows too lunatica May 2020 #1

i kept my rejection letters in a shoebox mopinko May 2020 #2

That's exactly where they belong. lunatica May 2020 #3

well, either that or the fire pit. mopinko May 2020 #4

and when you are rejected they keep the entry fee - its a scam nt msongs May 2020 #5

My mental health won't let me do juried anything. I don't even want GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #6

yup. mopinko May 2020 #7

This will never be my main job, not even when I start doing kids books. I have GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #8