And then the smiley-face authority figure crashed the party and killed the vibe. Why? That's what authority figures do.
They are actually threatened by the creative endeavor. The creative impulse is also a pleasure principle. And pleasure is a threat to the hierarchy.
Creativity and pleasure; they are their own realms, not bounded or ruled by authorities. They are generated by the spirit and the heart. And the spirit and the heart cannot by ruled or guided or bound.
So our little circle of creativity was a circle or anarchy, and the smiley-faced authority figure was scared shitless. Because in the middle of that little circle "authority" has no sway.