c.cloudwalker
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Actually there are NO rules to art...
Although I agree 100% with this, there are guidelines which were figured out over hundreds of years by artists and viewers/critics. If you want to reinvent the wheel that's fine but telling others to do so is not the best way to be a teacher.
It would be similar to handing the car keys to your kid and say: go learn. There are no rules for the art of driving either as every combination of car/tires/road conditions will result in a different situation. However there are guidelines and it is a lot less painful to learn about those guidelines that to learn the art of driving by crashing into trees or buildings or ...
Learning the guidelines is a must even if only to ignore them later.