With the modern advent of celebrities, we have come to expect our creativity to support us. But we got it backwards.

Historically, creativity has needed patrons. Without the support of the Medicis and other families, the Italian renaissance probably would not have happened.

Your creative endeavors may never support you financially. It’s your role to nurture your creativity, feed it, and let it grow and mature… not so it will eventually support you. The weight of that may crush your creativity.

Instead of asking, “How do I monetize this?”
Ask, “How do I sustain this?”

I think you’ll discover more joy answering that question.