Hmm. Monetizing art is important, obviously, and the starving artist romanticism is not helpful, but you don't need money to create art. That is exactly why I am here. I don't have money, but I am creative. And in the today's world converting creativity into new shareable information (which is all art is in a way) is one way to circumvent the need for traditional necessities for success in the art world (i.e. access to money, markets, galleries, etc.).