unconvential & non conformist

why does the unconventional appeal so much to the mind?
most common perception is to generally discard anything and everything unconventional,
but after a point in time.,
the mind realizes the value of the same and start appreciating it.,
once this happens it starts looking down upon the conventional.,

n conventional is also a strange pattern in a lot of ways.,
for instance.,

buddha: probably the biggest non conformist of all times, ( highly unconventional in his times)
buddhists who conform to and follow whatever he did and said, ( conventional so called steady n secure approach to life )

why is it that the those who conform seem to mis understand a non conformist, why dont they realize the basic fact that they are simply following the patterns set by non conformists at a point in time.,