"who am I creating art for?"

at some point as an artist you have to ask yourself, "who am I creating art for?"

is it for my family... to hang on their walls and brag to their friends about how talented their kid is regardless of how good it actually is.

is it for my teachers... pleasing them with evidence that I grasped whatever technique or conceptual theory(bullshit) they talked about in class.

my friends... to make them laugh.

the art market... to sell for thousands of dollars.

for galleries and gallery goers... that will say they saw my work when I was just an unknown, back when the work was "raw and honest"

or do i make it for myself... because it fulfills a desire to create. because I excites me to mix colors. because i tingle at the feel of brushing paint on a surface. because i don't care what i'm painting as long as i'm painting...