A work does not need universal approval to communicate precisely with the right person.
CREATIVITY
CREATIVITY
Something that speaks exactly to a hundred people has done more than something that mildly pleases a million. Broad approval usually requires sanding off the specifics, and the specifics are what let a work reach someone precisely.
If you make anything, decide who it is really for and accept losing everyone else. Trying not to lose anyone is the most reliable way to make something that touches no one. Narrow and true beats wide and vague.
Who is the one person your work is really for?
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.