Jesus I feel like this has to be false but it seems like it is a legit problem.

I have an idea...

http://i.imgur.com/lf0kR.gif

art is largely in the eye of the beholder

Beauty is, not art... and the video explains that when beauty was rare, art was about beauty but when everyone has access to beauty, art becomes about rare emotions, rare skill and rare ugliness.

Inspiration is a feeling; if you feel inspired art has moved you. I could hardly be inspired by a wall unit of items that I had no connection to.

It's not art. It's a drawing. Art makes you feel something. It's something risky... it exposes your own vulnerabilities. This drawing is skilled enough for a doodle, but it's not art. If you want to do art, you should focus carefully on what hurts in your life, or what makes you pine for some existence or possibility... some longing hart-felt comfort or strife or unresolved mistake.

You've got to live. You've got to put yourself out there in the world and experience things. This kind of practice in drawing set-dressing like a dresser with items on it is good but it's not going to improve your ability to do art. Doing art means you're going to fucking own something and get way outside your comfort.

Here's a good place to start: