Does Art Have Rules.

"Rules" is too strong, I think -- art has conventions, and the real work of the artist lies in deciding when to employ those conventions, when to reorganize them, and when to ignore them entirely.

For Tom's thread revival marathon. As far as art and rules, I'll get back to this after I get some sleep first.

Well, rules in art are very important- because you have to know what the rules *are* before you can break them effectively. Which is what every two-bit artist living south of Canal or east of Strand seems to forget these days. ;-)