My Dr. Sue Space

Spaces and Places

Jul 24, 2009 Uncategorized
Posted by Dr. Sue

I guess I’ve always been interested in  place.  Heralding from West Texas, with plenty of wide open spaces, I remember gazing up at the stars as I lay on my grandmother’s piecework quilt, spread out on the dry, hard earth.  I thought, There must be another world out there, one of which I have no proof except in my heart.

Many, many years later I left my beloved West Texas (which will always be home) to try out that idea.  Through my research and teaching, I explore the importance of place — how it somehow acts as a microcosm of all that we are or hope to be.  Through my photography, I hope to capture some tiny glimpse of its meaning.

Here are a few lines from “Empty Spaces” from Pink Floyd, an English rock band originating in the 1960s and 1970s and known for a subgenre called “space rock.”  It speaks to me;  hope you like it too.

What shall we use to fill the empty spaces where we used to talk?
How shall I fill the final places?
How shall I complete the wall?
–Pink Floyd