Sanjiban's Correspondence with The Mother

19 May 1933

O my Sweet Mother,

I am sending a sketch of a human face. I thought of making a sketch of the front view of X, but when I began it I found that it did not resemble him. I am always afraid of these front views. Before I begin to sketch, many disappointing ideas arise, such as, it won’t come out successful, it won’t resemble a human figure, etc.; these ideas come to my mind and I get nervous.

Of course it does not resemble X but as a drawing it is not bad.

You must be prepared to be unsuccessful many many times before you can truly learn. It is with the effort of many failures that you prepare a progress leading towards success.

19 May 1933