Being oneself is not for the faint of heart. The challenge of trying to find your place in arenas where you stand apart will plague you daily. There will be a constant lack of understanding due to a combination of ignorance and a lack of empathy on the parts of your colleagues and peers. The sheer amount of people who will fail to understand your vision may at times make you start to believe that you might be the crazy one but the truth is that you aren't. Most people are reactionary while the one who forges their own path is trying to be the catalyst for the next event that they react to. Most people only find comfort in bloody water while the different embrace the fear of the blue oceans emptiness.
That is where the oddballs and the weirdos come in. We make the sacrifices that others aren't willing to. We put in the work that others neglect due to laziness. We are willing to come to grips with the fact that in order for some to succeed after us that we have to sacrifice ourselves at times and take the brunt of the hate and all the ridicule that comes with sticking to your guns and trusting your gut. Only those who see the world differently as we do will be able to understand and it's that understanding that is one of the greatest pleasures you can get in a world that chooses the ordinary by default.
It reaffirms what people like us have to periodically tell ourselves in order to stay sane; We are NOT crazy. We are different. We are unique and on behalf of all the artists with a unique vision I want to say that you are loved. So keep doing you because in the long run the sacrifices will be worth it. They'll catch up eventually.