Rejection Five- Artifact Uprising

There’s a moment before you hit send.

The cursor blinks. Your brain lists all the reasons not to bother. That’s the moment I’m paying attention to this year.

I sent a partnership proposal to Artifact Uprising.

At the same time, I’m working on One Photo from Each Town in Connecticut. The goal is simple: one intentional photograph from every town in the state. Quiet images. Texture over spectacle. This project has always been made with print in mind, and it will eventually become a photo book you can hold, not scroll past.

The outcome of the email doesn’t really matter. Yes, no, or silence are all survivable.

What matters is the act of sending it. Of treating my work as something worthy of being seen and supported.

Rejection therapy isn’t about becoming fearless. It’s about letting fear sit in the room while I keep moving forward anyway.