Why travel is right. I might have to buy groceries next week.
Great shot and you're right of course. Sometimes we feel we have to go in order to get great shots, but there is so much beauty all around all of us all of the time...there may be exceptions, but I'd put it up to the challenge!
We don’t make art to show someone what something looks like. All this requires is eyes (or a lens). Art is supposed to have meaning, emotion, power, or magic. Alan & Mario "FourThirds"