“His concerns and interests are all extremely cont emporary, yet he chose to use a painting technique that was nearly 200 years old. We kept asking him why.”

[joseph berg]

And what's wrong with THAT?:

http://www.northbynorthwestern.com/2010/10/91662/northwestern-alum-ryan-shultz-on-his-break-into-bravo/

- In the expression of the emotions, originality merits the first
consideration... The words used, however, should be old ones.

Fujiwara no Teika