Last week, Colorado Public Radio reported on Failure Lab, a new program in Denver that encourages teens to see failure as part of the creative process.
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To get you thinking, here are stories about learning from failure as told by three Colorado creatives:
- Boulder-based author Erika Krouse teaches a course called “When You’re Stuck” at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver. She talks about taking a temp position the same week that The New Yorker published a short story she wrote.
- Kunsmiller Creative Arts Academy sophomore and Failure Lab participant Kalina Gallardo tells a story about forgetting her lines during a performance of the one-act play "English Made Simple."
- Stephen "Brer Rabbit" Brackett is an emcee in the Colorado band Flobots. During a CPR Performance Studio session, the musician explains how the experience of being dropped by his record label helped to fuel the Flobots' 2012 album.
