Expanding or Contracting desire

I was listening to Swami Kriyananda tonight. He was talking about desire. He made an interesting point that got me thinking. He said that a desire to do something that has a root motivator of expanding ourselves (meaning to share or uplift others) then it's a good thing. But when we have desires to benefit ourselves, our ego, then it's not a positive thing.

The example he gave was wanting more money to share with others vs. wanting more money to be a selfish hoarder of possessions and wealth.

After listening to this I thought about my artwork. I've been so into my artwork. I've used tools to do this work, but for what reason? to share with others? To uplift others? No. My deep root motivation was in the attention I can get from others. That's ego. My desire was wrong.

I need to transfer my art to something that is a shareable aspect. Something that gives back to others.

All my desires should be towards that end - uplifting others.