Interesting article Phil.. There are many great examples of talented people being able to do "outside the box" work because they have mastered the box.. To add to your Picasso reference there is Frank Lloyd Write.. He understood the box so intuitively that when he went outside the box he stunned everyone with the results..

But when you look at the mimics all around all you see is poor copies.. I think that the web webt through that when flash first hit the scene and everyone had to have flash spinning flaming logos on their sites.. Unfortunatly many forgot to actually work on the site..

Which brings us back to Peter's original post.. Thinking inside the box.. But to do that you need to truly understand your box, a thing which many people are simply not capable of because they spend more time chasing trends rather than perfecting the basics..

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