That freedom that Picasso afforded himself, to be an artist in a huge number of ways, seems to be a huge psychological liberation.
To all those mothers and fathers who are struggling with teen-agers, I say, just be patient: even though it looks like you can't do anything right for a number of years, parents become popular again when kids reach 20.
A good ad should be like a good sermon: It must not only comfort the afflicted, it also must afflict the comfortable.