Why can I only access static members from a static function?

A non-static member belongs to an instance. It's meaningless without somehow resolving which instance of a class you are talking about. In a static context, you don't have an instance, that's why you can't access a non-static member without explicitly mentioning an object reference.

Instance methods rely on state of that particular instance in order to run.

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