.!?:;CREAtiv/ity!!!!!!

    To stifle creative expression and freedom through the written word would in the long run, stifle creative minds.  I think of writing just like any art form, like a painting or a drawing, where no parameters are present, where the artist can play with any tools they have to portray different messages to the viewers.  Each comma, each semi-colon, each question mark or exclamation point, is indeed very important, but rules of punctuation are meant to be bent to portray the message the author is trying to communicate to his/her reader.  A tasteless sentence can be transformed into wild and playful passages with punctuation- or the lack of it.  In The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, she communicates the message she was trying to present to the reader without any punctuation at all.  Authors should not be restricted by “the dogma of the period”(Source B), nor by any other rule of punctuation.  In the debate, Sarah and Lena talked about Emily Dickinson, who is a perfect example because she is very famous and has a beautiful style, yet never followed the rules of punctuation.  Emily Dickinson has a very unique style of poetry because of her seclusion the majority of her life.  In fact, she lacks punctuation because it makes her feel free from her isolation.  Additionally, humans are sensual beings and they should be able to express themselves through creative writing any way that they please.