Step out of the norm and follow your dreams in anything vaguely creative and rejection is the name of the game.

I am a writer/artist/lightworker and my experience is pretty similar to yours.

And if I were to really talk about rejection being a lightworker sets one up for major rejection and ridicule!

:)

We have to be true to ourselves and follow our passion and, as you say, cultivate a thick skin.

I wish you well on your path.

xox