I have a new-found respect for you. You are probably the best "able-to-handle-rejection" people I know.. and it sucks! Rejection i mean, not you. (Like i said, I have a new-found respect for you.) But I guess you have it a little easier. You know that when people reject you it's not you they're rejecting, it's just your product/service. Rejection's harder to handle when what people are rejecting is not simply something you're selling but something you believe in..something personal..your sweat, your tears, your art. When who you are is exposed, and criticised, it sucks. Because I feel like a piece of me can't match up to your expectations. And I don't know what I should do. Should I feel depressed that I can't? Or worse, do I change myself so that I can? Or, do I do the "objective" thing and separate my art from myself? (which, in itself, sounds ironic). Or do I de-sensitize myself so that I am no longer affected? Sigh. At the end of the day, I'm only human.