I think I've developed a sort of ADD for geography now. When I've been in a country for too long, I'm like, 'I think it's time to leave.' I don't know what that's going to do to me in later life.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to discover. I don't want to waste time with what I already know.
Leaving your country at a tender age really rearranges the way you perceive the world. So I feel marginally attached to many places rather than deeply attached to any one place.
When I'm in a place like Iceland, I allow myself to take a little more time to divert off onto other paths creatively for a while and see what comes to me.
Things were here before you and will be here after you're gone. The geographic features, especially, give you a sense of your own place in the world and in time.
If there's one thing I've learned from traveling, it's that it is definitely more important how you are than where you are. You can say, 'Oh, I hate X city, I hate that country, or I prefer this city,' but it's a little bit up to you to find some kind of happiness.
When you grow up in a place, you always think it's mundane. Then you travel around and live in different places, and you realise that you've got it the wrong way 'round.
Certainly I'll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I've gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them.
I think of the past and the future as well as the present to determine where I am, and I move on while thinking of these things.
I'm a great believer in geography being destiny.
When I'm traveling the world, I don't ever look anymore at the geography - just enough to catch galleries and paintings.