There's a new exhibition -- in a Vancouver shopping mall -- that most people can probably relate to.
Called The Museum of Personal Failure, it's a collection of artefacts from the public, from a dead plant to a wedding dress and a spilled can of paint with anecdotes to explain why they were not successful.
It's the brainchild of Burnaby resident Eyvan Collins, who started it when a relationship of his fizzled out.
He made posters saying, "Failures Wanted" and plastered them around Metro Vancouver. People responded with offers of all kinds of items signifying their failures.
Collins says failure is an essential part of life.
"It's part of making an attempt. Sometimes it goes the way you want it to, sometimes it doesn't," he said.
There's also a "Wall of Reject", featuring firing notices and rejection letters.
I'm sure many people would have some of these lying in the back of their desk drawers.
His mother, Jennifer Campbell donated her wedding dress for display.
"I wanted to sort of tell a story about a failing that occurred in my marriage, and how we were able to move on," she said.
The dress is even shown in a cardboard moving box to signify her being able to move on from it.
Meanwhile, bladesmith Casey Vilensky submitted a knife can't be sharpen because he made mistakes while making it.
"Failure is a step forward. You don't go forward until you fail. You have to be able to look back at your failures, figure out why they failed and change the process and move on. I don't harp on them... I put them in the bucket," he said.
If I were to submit something to the Museum of Failure, I'd probably donate my empty sketchbooks.
I keep meaning to get back into drawing, but have left them blank, too terrified to make a mistake. A fear of failure.
But it's totally unfounded!
Or probably some jewellery from failed relationships...
What would you donate to the Museum of Failure?
The exhibition is on until February 3 at Kingsgate Mall.
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