The periods in which an artist feels the most misunderstood is a great gift, for this is when the work is fully brought to term within them. Only by recognizing that the pain experienced here is an invitation into the deepest parts of their being can they actually experience the true gift of the work—which is ultimately themselves. The work has to cut the artist down first in order to show them that the entire purpose of the work is not external praise, acceptance or security, but that they might become a more open and pure vessel. It could be said that if the artist makes their commitment consciously seeing and adapting, they may never have a traditionally comfortable life nor societal understanding at all. Never was such the point of the journey anyways. These periods of vast ambiguity challenge intention and therefore purify them and the work in the process. With so much unknown, the artist is forced to naturally intuit what is truth for them and what is not, what needs leaving behind and what is now welcomed. It is a whole new way of seeing, and therefore both they and the world are better for it. The ultimate goal is a life free of hang-ups, of total liberation. No way of seeing is clung to, no time or method pitted in comparison against each other and nothing external is lauded as security. Such is a life of total ambiguity without any fighting it, a full embrace of life as mystery. In this space, the artist need not seek out the work, for it will seek them out.