Lee's primary goal as a teacher is to instill in his students the "joy of making." He believes that the fulfillment derived from creating with one's hands sparks curiosity and cultivates a deeper engagement of the mind.

For Lee, the act of making art is both a reflection of and a catalyst for our thought processes—affecting both our rational and subconscious minds. Just as art influenced Lee's approach to science during his own education, he sees creative practice as an essential tool for exploring and evaluating the values and principles that shape our lives. More than just a form of expression, art-making provides an avenue for freeing the mind from its over-reliance on logic and allowing imagination to flourish. As Albert Einstein once said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we now know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." Einstein, a genius with both analytical and imaginative faculties, recognized the power of imagination as a tool for understanding beyond the constraints of conventional knowledge.

Through art, Lee aims to help his students tap into a different way of grasping abstract concepts—one that complements the often rigid learning found in textbooks. He encourages them to learn through hands-on exploration, trusting their senses as a method of understanding the world.