Personally,
I feel extremely lucky. What a gift of fortune to have my work years coincide
with a period of rapid evolution in the field I love. If we assume teaching
artistry began when a cave dweller taught someone younger about drawing on
walls, and guided the rest of the cave dwellers in ways to respond to the
drawings, then how lucky are we to be living during the time of explosive
expansion of this role. I have been able to witness a change process that
accelerated while I happened to be watching and contributing. You may not have
felt it until now, but you are equally lucky to be invited to witness,
contribute to, and even lead in an emergent field that can change the world in
ways it desperately needs and is slowly discovering it wants.