It's odd, the secrets we keep out of embarrassment, lack of confidence, or feelings of failure. It's very understandable that you wanted to bury that experience, since it doesn't bring up happy memories. Hopefully it was a little cathartic to write about it!
Thank you for sharing your creative nonfiction story in The Ink Well, and for reading and commenting on the work of other community members.
Trying to sell and even bring some paintings to the people but still get refused and rejected was absolutely devastating. Yes it felt really good to finally talk about it 🙏🏻🙏🏻 thank you for the opportunity 🤗🤗