panda3orca
do what comes naturally, what feels right, what will please you and perhaps what will please others, be creative, be yourself, and screw the arbitrariness of etiquette - short of disrespect.
My sisters always seemed to disappear at chore time when we were young, especially when it was time for dishes! I would call for Linda to come and she would call back, "I am in the bathroom!" Yeah right!
the flower is where the beauty is, the fruit, the essence, but it cannot be viewed if it were not attached to the stem; it would fall, unseen, unnoticed, alone.