Your second point is especially salient to me. I think you see it in all creative fields, from development to painting. People who are religious about a style—v

Your second point is especially salient to me. I think you see it in all creative fields, from development to painting. People who are religious about a style—viewing the style's doctrine as an ends in and of itself, as opposed to a tool to help achieve their vision—tend to be the creatives no one remembers.