#rule #assumption > It's a healthy practice to approach our work with as few accepted rules, starting points, and limitations as possible. > Holding every rule as breakable is a healthy way to live as an artist. [[Following rules lead to mediocrity]] [[There is great power in not knowing]] [[Great artists don't try to fit in or conform]] ## An example -- Film as a new artform after theatre It took a while for cinematographers to realizenthat they can actually move the camera closer to the object (close-ups) just because theare -- the mother pf cinema -- constraints the way people think Cinema is much freer than theatre People realize they can play with space and time by cuts and edits Cameras can be in the scene -- the subject rather than the whole set is to be filmed