This sounds weird, but I think the answer just came to me in a dream! Maybe that’s an exaggeration. I’ve been thinking about this question a lot recently, and considering whether my maths degree is really something I want to do or if I should be doing something more artistic.
Anyway, last night I dreamt I was looking at a playground which had this huge mock-egyptian artifact half buried in the sand, and kids were playing at being archaologists. It reminded me of a toy I used to have as a child, and in my dream I realised that I was looking in the wrong place for what I wanted to do, and it was something related to history and archaology.
I remembered this in the morning, and it was all so obvious. What I would really love to do is decipher an unknown language, like with the Rosetta stone. Not exactly an easy task, especially as I don’t speak any other languages, but at least it’s SOMETHING concrete to work towards!
