Postcards from Purgatory

If you've ever submitted work and are waiting on a reply, you know what that title means. Visual or written: either will land you in the same spot with Dante and friends. Patiently waiting to hear a Yes or a No. Accepted or Rejected. Both visual and literary artists craft their best work and then want to show it. Out of our minds and into the world it goes. We are always looking for a wider audience. So we submit it to brick and mortar art galleries, to online competitions, to print and online publications, to agents, to publishers, - to the world. And all of that takes a tremendous amount of build-up; no artist wants to submit work that isn't a perfect representation of what they are capable of doing. But, after you hit Send, that's it - Pull up a seat. It may be hours or it may be months before you'll get your reply. Do you bring a sketchbook to the doctor's office waiting room? - Read science fiction on transcontinental flights?- Compose haiku in traffic jams? I'm penning postcards from Purgatory. Writing and drawing in quick bursts, then sending them off - Off the cuff. The Editor isn't on the clock down here. Put Jack Kerouac in a spacesuit and let's get that man into the stratosphere! It's been too long since anyone has received a postcard, especially one from Purgatory.

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