This isn’t an apology for anything. Or, well, it is.
Just as acceptance turns lights on, we want to emphasise the shade which comes from negative responses.
To those who – because of dignity, ideology or other reasons – have turned turn down a prize, holding an exhibition, making a record, drawing a comic, taking a photo, shooting a film, writing a book, giving an interview, giving a concert, taking a grant, putting a statue on a roundabout, contributing to the balde... glory.
Because the negative – contrary to popular belief – builds just as much as acceptance does.