Musicians who learn the rules are the ones wo have personal style.
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Renowned musicians like Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, and Jimi Hendrix broke all the rules and became famous for it. Their personal styles are instantly recognizable.
I think you missed the entire point I was making which was that individualism of any kind, be it in writing or other forms of expression, is not welcome in communal societies that are under the thumb of a controlling dictatorship. Like in the noted book Animal Farm.
The romantic view of the artist is that the artist can be free of rules, and in the end, free from nature. This is the modern tradition: dehumanization. This is the dream of the "left". Morality of the ruling class.
Wrong. As I pointed out earlier, do a search of cursive writing and pick ten of the best examples. You'll notice they are all different. Personal style is ineluctable. True enough, there is always a tension between the conservative and the progressive, but I would think a forum like this would be a good place to flesh out the false dichotomy. So lets set it straight, as Plato would. There are good progressive notions, there are bad progressive notions. There are good conservative rules, there are bad rules. And finally, before I sound too trite, there is good individualism and bad individualism. Once we get that, we've reached square one.