Cheap can be more fun than you think
“my lens is cheap”, “I have an old camera”, “I only have one strobe” etc.
In all honesty, of course gear is important but you can create awesome art/photos etc. with your phone nowadays. My moto over the year has been “if people look at the quality of the pixels the image is not strong enough” that doesn’t mean you can just “wing” it and don’t care about your gear, but it shouldn’t be the main focus.