If something strikes me as interesting or beautiful, first I live that experience. Only afterward might I attempt to understand it. - Rick Rubin

If you’re established in a craft or field, temporary rules may be useful to break a pattern. They can challenge you to become better, to innovate, and to bring out a new side of yourself or your work.

We are not obligated to follow this calling because we have a talent or skill. It’s worth remembering that we are blessed to get to create. It’s a privilege. We’re choosing it. We’re not being ordered to do this. If we’d rather not do it, let’s not do it.

Intention is all there is. The work is just a reminder. Rules A rule is any guiding principle or creative criterion.