Yes the art market is a mix of funny and so horrible I could vomit sometimes... Alone that most only buy art to make money not because they like it is so twisted, its beyond me (perhaps I would see this differently if I grew up rich, I don't know)
And naturally you are right about doing the thing which one feels have to be created (art wise) but its always a fight for me (and I fear for many others too) between "is it worth it?, am I good enough?" and sometimes changing into "yes, I guess I am the artistic ruler of the world"... 🤣
After all this mood swings, the burning seems to be a natural solution :-DDDDD
But something completely different… are you perhaps interested to write sometimes about how you juggle online and analog art (either producing, networking, exhibiting etc.)? Because I find this really tough, I either do one or the other and find it hard to synch both.
Pretty much all my art related activities are online 😂 I just moved out to the country so the opportunity for IRL events is even slimmer but I'm pretty okay with that!