"I have the impression, as some others have taught me, rather than through my own intuition, that what ‘makes it’ is something that fits the most common denomin

"I have the impression, as some others have taught me, rather than through my own intuition, that what ‘makes it’ is something that fits the most common denominator." Very likely true. Often the most-creative artists are out on-the-edge. Escher for one example. Unless that 'edge' is riding an arriving zeitgeist (like the Beats), the artist may die before recognition ... like Schubert, like van Gogh. Such artists are often not gifted with self-promotion and negotiation skills (and struggle with finances). Usually the people most capable of arousing interest are not endowed with vision (or great advisors, like kings and emperors). And so the trendy buuut less-than-new 'wins' by virtue of mere novelty. And we all lose.