Ask Me Things Answers (Part III)

For justsurvive, who asked:
Tell me about what you would like to do as a profession if money had no bounds. and where you would travel (in depth) if money meant nothing.

Part I: If money were no option, I would love to just do my art. I would love to be able to kill days working on my photography or a charcoal or really learning to paint. I would love to have a state of the art studio, with a brand new Mac workstation, and all the software, as well as room for my charcoals and paints, in a nice, sunny room with a lot of plants. I'd love to have it by the ocean, since a lot of my inspiration comes from there and I feel I do my best work near the ocean. I have a beautiful picture of how this would be, right down to the music I'd like to have.

Since money is an option, unfortunately, though, I feel really blessed to be working towards a career that involves art. I do love teaching, I love when I can share my knowledge with someone and have them fall in love with art like I have. I love seeing watching the kids' skills evolve and I am proud of how well they're doing. I know right now, I'm not much more than a student teacher, but I do feel like I've had a hand with some of these kids. They were my first classes, when Mum was out, and I'm happy to see some of them pursuing a career in the arts. I never thought I would find a career I love this much. So honestly, I probably would still want to teach in some capacity, even if money was no option. It is unbelievably rewarding.

Part II: Where would I travel? Right now, because it's lousy out, I would love to go to the Caribbean. I love the ocean, I love the clear water, and the culture fascinates me. I could cheerfully see myself lounging on the beaches, learning to snorkel and skin dive. By the spring, I would love to go back to Paris. I was there 10 years ago and it was so amazing. I love the food and the art and the architecture.  I would love to share that with Steven, since the last time I was there, I was a teen and on a trip related hook-up. I love the lights glittering in the Seine and the flowers and the flow of the language.

I would love to see Hungary and the Czech Republic, to meet the cousins that I've heard of and never met. My father has told me how beautiful Budapest is and I would love to be able to photograph it. I would like to see where he grew up. I would like to visit Russia, as well, to see where Steven's roots are, as well as the art there. I love the feeling of East meeting West.

England is another place I want to see. I love Elizabethan history and I would love to put a memory to the places I've read about so many times. I want to see London, obviously, but I'd like to see the countryside as well, to see Hatfield where Elizabeth lived, and all the other royal places. I want to see the churches and the haunted places.

I also want to visit Argentina and Anartica. It seems like such a pure, untouched place that it would be fascinating to see. I would love to see the icebergs. I am endlessly fascinated by them and how they seem to have so many colours of blue and green in something that is supposed to be just white.

I also want to visit the South Seas. My great-great grandfather sailed to there as a whaler, the circlet I wore as a bride came from there as a gift for my great-great grandmother, and I would love to see what fascinated men enough to mutiny a ship for. I want to see the sand and the sunsets and all the things Gaugain painted as well.

I would like to see Japan, especially Kyoto in the spring for the cherry blossom festivals. I could go either way on Tokyo, though it would be cool to see.

(This isn't counting the places I want to see here: I would love to visit the West Coast and I'd like to go back to Canada again, at some point. I went with just foreign locales.)

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