I don’t hate many things in this world, but the word “failure” is one of them.
Today, I got into a heated discussion with someone about it.
Well, I don’t know if the other person felt that way, but I was upset.
The person said this:
“If you have failed to communicate what you wanted to, you failed as an artist at anything.”
It really pissed me off.
That’s a horrible way to look at anything.
We’re all human; we all make mistakes.
Mistakes do not equate to failure.
The person then went on to say that it most only applies to “epic failures.”
Who are you to say what is or isn’t an “epic failure?”
It’s a matter of opinion, not a fact.
And it disgusts me that anyone would look at anyone in this way.
If your art doesn’t portray the right concept/emotion/etc that you have in mind, that does not make you a failure.
Practice makes perfect, or at least close to perfect.
I don’t really think there’s a such thing as “perfect.”
Nobody is perfect, and nobody will ever be perfect, but even the worst of writers/artists/etc, I would never consider to be failures.
If you’re doing what you love, regardless of your skill or ability to get a point across, that’s a success in my book.
This same person also continued to make comments about how to improve.
Are you kidding me?
If you truly want to help people improve their writing/drawing/etc, then the word “failure” shouldn’t even exist in your vocabulary.
How could saying someone has failed be any help to anyone?
If anything, it will discourage them as an artist.
Calling someone a failure is rude, demeaning, discouraging, and extremely judgmental.
It’s also a very pretentious thing to say.
I can’t stand those holier-than-thou kinds of people.
Who are you to say who’s a failure and who’s not?
You’re not better than me, I’m not better than you, and we are not better than anyone else.
Point of this rant: Take the word “failure” out of your vocabulary.
Nobody who every tried and worked for anything is a failure, even if they didn’t succeed.
We all make mistakes.
We are all perfectly imperfect.
We’re human.
