As a fellow introverted artist, I really need to look more into the artistic end of Steemit. So far, I haven't really explored much of that angle; I also work with art daily through our small independent art gallery here.
A lot of what I get from Steemit is also non-monetary... a return to the kind of "Social Blogging" that was very popular around 1999-2005... I missed that format, and Steemit was a very timely arrival, in that sense.
I know, I'm sort of feeling that old school blogging love coming back because of steemit. I did a blog/project in 2009-11 when really blogging was just sort of beginning to peak out, but I had such a loyal band of followers and we'd look forward to our 'chats' in the comment section everyday, then it seemed to just all be eclipsed by the quick pointless quips of Facebook and then the emoji's and memes. Oh well. Maybe blogging will continue to come back with platforms such as steemit.