Art and Fear: They Love Me, They Love Me Not . . .

[tracy_d74]

Acceptance means having your work counted as the real thing; approval means having people like it. --pg 45, Bayles & Orland*

Acceptance-feeling understood-is a hot commodity. Approval-being liked-is just as hot. The two words are often interchanged. But they are soooo not the same. It is easy to have one without the other. Think of the pop music one

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[ext_774177]

It was very interesting to read this post after our discussion about A Long Way Down. It reminded me of the part when they started the "suicidal authors" book club and then Jess made her comment about how Virginia Wolf (was it VW I can't remember?) killed herself because she couldn't make herself understood. I'm just saying it really got me thinking!

[tracy_d74]

Yep! You are correct, this fits in with that discussion nicely.