I think that like to make art on your own terms inherently is an act of protest increasingly so as we attempt to remove the human desire to create from the process itself, to do it without consideration of success or financial stability.
Who cares what you think if your every word is a compliment.
Jealousy, frustration, anxiety, self-doubt, these are things that have their own engine.
Whereas gratitude and perspective are things you have to self-generate, you have to rev them up like a lawnmower or something, it takes work.