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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 8351358" data-attributes="member: 16586">Here's my personal take:Anytime you use words like tyranny to describe other people's preferences and stated aesthetic principles you have already messed up. We are all free and responsible to form our own aesthetic principles. Someone else's enjoyment of a thing or aesthetic principle they hold dear should not affect what we choose to value. If someone else values novelty? Good. If someone else values tradition? Also good. That's not for us to decide and should not affect our own well formed aesthetic principles. Criticism does have some value in that it can help us refine our tastes or consider the merits of something in regards to the things other values, but we should never feel entitled to have others share our values. We can try to convince them of the merit of those values, but it is up to each of us to make those choices for ourselves.My personal stance on this issue is that I value both solid execution of traditional forms, but also see value in pushing boundaries even if it's not always pretty. It's a balancing act though. Novelty comes with certain risks. I admire the risk taking, but also understand that it does not always work. I also admire the craftsmanship involved in doing something extremely well even if it has been done 1000 times before.</blockquote>