Setting Priorities in a Money and Tech-Obsessed World

As a visual artist striving to be true to my creative intent, I am particularly aware of the anally compulsive nature of our increasingly money and tech obsessed world. For example, artists are forced to use digital editing programs originally meant for those in the advertising fields. Some of the greatest artists made a point of using very simple and unsophisticated mediums so that their true ability could shine through; for example a famous photographer used a pinhole camera (a box with a tiny hole through it and photographic paper inside) to show the world that great photography doesn't need a sophisticated and expensive camera, and that sophisticated technology often creates a shiny facade hiding a poor artist.

We have to be careful not to sacrifice the unaffected/spontaneous aspects of art due to the increasing demands for a focus on technicalities, economics, and minutia. We have to remember our original soul intent, what drove us to achieve in the first place. If one loses sight of this in favor of technical perfection, what is the point?