Everything really worth learning comes from observing the practice of masters, and listening to their commentary on that practice, and their criticisms of serious attempts at its emulation. All art is mimetic, and survives precisely because masters encourage and nurture learners.
Congratulations, Ms. Treem. It is surely true that encouraging and nurturing learners is uniquely rewarding, for it is this undertaking alone that can ensure the survival of an art not merely as a body of venerable work but as a living practice.