One must learn from him who knows. It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. In our world of big names, curiously, our true heroes tend to be anonymous. Housework is a breeze.
Cooking is a pleasant diversion.
Putting up a retaining wall is a lark. But teaching is like climbing a mountain. A teacher should have maximal authority, and minimal power. There is no real teacher who in practise does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech. Also see artist and standards .