Dear Applicant
(Occupational Therapy I), 2009
Cross-stitch on Aida Cloth
30 x 21.5 cm each

"If you have been rejected many times in your life, then one more rejection isn't going to make much difference... Rejections are part of everyday life. Don't let them bother you..."

I gathered vastly diverse but very similar rejections and picked out the most standardized sentences. Rejections from jobs, stipends, scholarships, proposals for films, books unpublished, music unreleased.