And we all know what wonders deadlines do for creative people. Secondly, traditions offer a ready platform on which people with creative possibilities can readily perform. But traditions can't give us their full benefit until we really get to know them. And that often means challenging traditions. Even breaking with them.
Humans are curious creatures.
We change and we stay the same. The part that stays the same thrives on tradition. The part that must change, often in order to survive, needs to challenge authority and break with tradition. They're meant to show us how to act, not what to do. Follow them mindlessly and they lose their meaning.