Welcome to the 209th insertion of DEMUR®, an analytical series highlighting the intricacies of the artistic world and the minutiae lying within. In this episode, we take an interest in the art of failure, breaking down the importance of starting over, wanting to quit, and losing.
The feeling of total defeat is an emotion felt throughout oneself. Radiating from the weakness of one’s knees to the bottom of an aching stomach, failure houses perhaps the most unforgiving lows and ruthless agony. Laughing in the face of innocent aspirations, dreams, and success, ruin is a persistent reminder that you’re not good enough, lack talent and need to work harder 一 so why should you seek it?
Failure lurks behind unopened doors in all non-traditional avenues of success, preying upon feeble hopes and unachieved ambition. Causing you to spill paint all over the white canvas or buy a deal that was too good to be true, this phenomenon confronts the visionary every step of the way. Demanding another attempt and a recalculated approach, you’re forced to lose it all, stare at the ceiling, and cry. In essence, defeat is simply an unavoidable (and excruciating) undertone in the glory of success.
However, through trials and tribulations, lows and lower lows, the silver lining of sucking begins to reveal itself as time persists. After failing countless times, wrestling with the interior, or perhaps even exterior voices that relentlessly encourage you to quit, you slowly become a slightly more knowledgeable and resilient individual. Gifted with small accolades, perhaps your first dollar made, or a fan thanking you for your passion, the blood, sweat and tears lost along the way become nothing more than the journey’s fuel.
Building you up to encounter larger problems with previously inconceivable consequences, each failure only leaves you wanting more. No matter how broken, burnt out or tired, through nothing more than hope, the innovator soon reaches the point of no return, in which going backwards is harder than moving forward. As an acquaintance with disappointment, utter loss and vanquish, consistent failure somehow leads to success.
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