Speaking as someone who also has cetological aspirations, I'll amend Mr Greeley's phrase and say: Go north, young man!

Speaking as someone who is also not a businessman, I'll bet Scoresby wishes he didn't stand quite so far from the that particular population.

Speaking as someone who writes a lot but also refrains from taking up the mantle of artist, I'll point out that art is often something that nobody asks you to do (they only occasionally realize they wanted you to do it after you have already done it) and so it can feel self-indulgent.