The teacher is a catalyst to convert information from a high energy state (list of facts) to a low energy state (visual concept associated with known concepts).

The view is endlessly fulfilling. It is like the answer to a lifetime of questions and vague cravings.

We tend to think of imagination and foresight like we are prone to think of life (sometimes) — as an inscrutable flash of something from the outside that magically takes us over some large boundary...