Having just returned to Canada from a two month trip to Asia (Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, Hong Kong and Macau).
This is truely a trip of re-discovery for me. Having "rejected' my roots for so many years, I am finding that my "roots" are pulling me back. Or at least, getting me to take a closer look at what it is I am missing in North America.
It is all very well to say that we live in a global village and that as artists, you can live anywhere and work anywhere. But living the day to day in one particular culture does influence our creativitiy. Something I am thinking about a lot lately.
I am a pianist/composer living in Canada. I used to live in Macau and so do spend a bit of time there as well. I work wherever I could, and with the Montreal ba