1. I think that most artists make art for themselves, first and foremost; to ease their minds, because they can't help it, because it's just plain fun etc. Do you agree? Are you like that? 2. But sometimes art is surely made with others in mind, right? In what way (if so) is your creative output connected to its reception by other people? (I see this page and your whole website as part of your creative output, I imagine that's how you understand it?)
i don't know of any way to reliably predict 'what' would lie outside the realm of what i like but inside the realm of what others like. in that case, i might as well be painting with colors i can't see. so that's why i think you'll find that most artists discover that the only thing they can do is just do what excites their own self