'Naive' Painting

Last semester someone mentioned Henri Rousseau in relation to my work, which lead me to look into naive painting. I don't really like that term as I don't think there is anything naive about the way most painters who are catergorised as such paint. Why does something have to look exactly as it does in real life, with exact proportions, when you can still tell what it is? A painting isn't a photograph and shouldn't really try to depict things as realistically as photos can because it will never be an exact snapshot. I really like the decorative qualities of the colours used in these paintings, and the harmonious compositions. I also think naive painting is interesting because most of the time these painters were painting their lives, scenes from everyday, but with a narrative within them, this is something I am trying out at the moment.