June 1, 2023 - Being able to deal with rejection can be a difficult, often painful lesson most artists will inevitably face, especially if you’re trying to commercialize your skill. It might happen a few times.  Or if you’re like me, it’s happened a lot. It still stings too.  but you can’t let it stop you. I think it tends to stop a lot of folks. It’s a filter of sorts, and only the thickest heads will make it. My first real rejection happened in San Diego, 1995. I was road tripping across the country with a friend, and we’d connected with some buddies of ours from back in El Paso who’d moved out to SD. San Diego in the early 90’s was like this Mecca of west coast skate and surf culture, and the homies were pretty plugged…