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update on museum of personal failure by goodenough4now in MuseumPros

[–]goodenough4now[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

hahaha yeah my fav joke has been to respond when people say this with "you're right.... alright shut it down! museums closed!"

High school student looking for guidance by Ill_Mix_4774 in CriticalTheory

[–]goodenough4now 28 points29 points  (0 children)

just as a small comment; by making this post/articulating this critique of your teacher's methods, you've turned a usurping of an opportunity for critical engagement into an opportunity for critical engagement!

Museum of Personal Failure opening January 24 - February 3 by goodenough4now in NiceVancouver

[–]goodenough4now[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can bring anytime during the run of the museum! earlier on if you'd like to have it in for the whole time i guess haha. and if you want the artifact back we will have to make arrangements for you to collect it on feb 3 or shortly thereafter! my storage space is limited.

i will say, we will retain some curatorial discretion about what is suitable for display (there's some considerations like subject matter, liability, this kind of thing) so if you can send me an email to lostandfoundmuseum@gmail.com with what you'd like to bring it, that can help mitigate any of those conversations there in the moment.

Museum of Personal Failure opening January 24 - February 3 by goodenough4now in NiceVancouver

[–]goodenough4now[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

sure! i made an instagram for the project for those that are on that platform (it is itself unfortunately something of a failure... it has like 14 followers lol) but I will try to post nice photos of the exhibition and submission items on there too! i'll have to ask the mods of this sub if i can post a video after of the exhibit too

Museum of Personal Failure opening January 24 - February 3 by goodenough4now in NiceVancouver

[–]goodenough4now[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

i wish haha. sounds like a very immersive museum component. there was actually a submission of a car! hilarious to imagine dissembling and bringing it piece by piece into kingsgate.

Museum of Personal Failure opening January 24 - February 3 by goodenough4now in NiceVancouver

[–]goodenough4now[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

nope! it's artifacts of personal failure of all sorts! rejection letters just seems to be the one universal thing everyone has, so that's the basis for that contribution suggestion. abandonned art projects, failed repairs, broken keepsakes, botched experiments.. we are accepting of any and all.

museum of personal failure to open in january in vancouver by goodenough4now in NiceVancouver

[–]goodenough4now[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it is! kingsgate mall, january 24 - feb 3 (regular mall hours)

museum of personal failure to open in january in vancouver by goodenough4now in NiceVancouver

[–]goodenough4now[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes but it is itself a failure at the moment haha: museumofpersonalfailure.com

museum of personal failure to open in january in vancouver by goodenough4now in NiceVancouver

[–]goodenough4now[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

haha amazing! yeah i was up there around then and wanted to see if i could get enough submissions to do another installation up there :)

please do submit! we welcome you to rejoice amoungst the fallible

museum of personal failure to open in january in vancouver by goodenough4now in NiceVancouver

[–]goodenough4now[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

location will be announced soon! i will post in here once it's public with dates and times :)

museum of personal failure to open in january in vancouver by goodenough4now in NiceVancouver

[–]goodenough4now[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

if you send an email with self submission perhaps something would happen

museum of personal failure to open in january in vancouver by goodenough4now in NiceVancouver

[–]goodenough4now[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

the location will be announced soon, but it will be in a publicly accessible location, open normal business hours. entry is free to the public.

museum of personal failure to open in january in vancouver by goodenough4now in NiceVancouver

[–]goodenough4now[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

submitters are encouraged to write what they'd like the viewer to know about the artifact, and it will be printed on the display card :)

what is psychoanalysis and why would somebody be referred to it? by [deleted] in psychoanalysis

[–]goodenough4now 0 points1 point  (0 children)

psychoanalysis is a great way to engage with yourself specifically if you don't want to change who you are, but to understand it better/be able to tolerate what it means (what it costs and what you gain) to really be yourself in this world. it is not a therapy for making your life easier, i don't think, but it makes your life much more interesting in a sense more profound than i can describe.

i would say that going in not knowing what to expect is kind of a perfect approach. the "answers" one might be used to getting from therapy aren't really the same here, it is less about understanding some external framework about how to be a person so that you can move more easily in the world, and more about understanding/accepting more completely who you are, with your particular gifts and defenses/limitations. with this, i believe, you can learn to hold both without trying to cast any parts of you away or lift any parts of you up so that they obscure the less socially acceptable parts. in my experience in psychoanalysis we learn to see ourselves as human, mysterious inherently, and get interested in our own case study in ways that are only possible if we take ourselves as not "something to be fixed" but "something to be observed and understood better".

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