I understand the definition of the Lie bracket and I know how to compute it in local coordinates.
But is there a way to "guess" what is the Lie bracket of two vector fields ? What is the geometric intuition ?
For instance, if we take $U = x \frac{\partial}{\partial x} + y \frac{\partial}{\partial y}$ and $V = -y \frac{\partial}{\partial x} + x \frac{\partial}{\partial y}$, should it be obvious that $[U, V] = 0$ ?