Developments in the arts are seldom made by people who are afraid of breaking the rules. Oftentimes the rule breakers come to be seen as being part of the mainstream. Beethoven did things that were considered scandalous when he was alive. He broke rules like starting a piano concerto with the piano instead of the orchestra, the key in which a composition was written was not always firmly stated at the beginning of the piece, and he had the audacity to have a chorus singing in a symphony. Picasso, after mastering a classical styles of painting, broke the rules to do paintings now considered masterpieces. Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, Edith Sitwell, D.H. Lawrence definitely broke rules in their writings. It seems ironic to think that there is a long tradition of going against traditional thinking. I definitely do not think I am in the league of the people I have mentioned, but I definitely plan on continuing in tradition of going against tradition.
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