an example

Rueters has a (somewhat) similar photo slideshow with a voiceover about America's last lighthouse keeper.

Voice-over test

Title Change?

Should the title of my thesis project be "Sacred Spaces" instead of "Sacred Places"?

• Space is wherever you do something that is meaningful to you. It can move and be wherever.
• Place is a distinct, static area. It always stays the same, and does not move.

Should it be both?

Looking at it from this perspective, my earlier work had both places (Mount Soledad Cross, Sunset Cliffs, skeet shoot range) and spaces (motorcycle riding, playing with dog, baseball park) in it. Some might even be considered a hybrid (jacuzzi).

DRAFT: List of Sacred Places, ongoing

• Arlington National Cemetery
• Easter Island
• Galapagos Islands
• Mayan temple of Copaacute;n
• egyptian pyramids
• Delphi
• Stonehenge
• Machu Picchu
• Cows
• Notre Dame
• the Wailing Wall
• Westminster Abbey
• Ganges

The atlas of sacred places : meeting points of heaven and earth / James Harpur ---- Explores the idea of sacred ground (found in most cultures) and whether such sacredness is innate, Read More

define: Geomancy

Celtic: Sacred Places

• Megalithic monuments at Newgrange: according to Irish legend, it is the palace of the Dagda, the father of the gods (later supplanted by by Oenghus, the god of love, who tricked him into leaving the palace).
  
• Dunnottar Castle (Kincardine): Pictish fortress, guarded the 'Honours of Scotland' and the private papers of Charles II (p65)
• Cawdor Castle (Nairn): Home of real-life Macbeth, the last Scottish king to rule from teh Highlands (p65).
• The many mounds around Ireland and Scotland are actually called sídhe or 'fairy mounds'. According to celtic legend, it is a parallel universe where the gods dwelled and there was no sickness, old age or death. The Danaans would eat, drink and have a life of ease. In reality, the mounds burial mounds and cairns from prehistoric times (p34). This shows how the Celtic religion appropriated previously existing structures and then made up stories and myths to incorporate them into their own world.
  

[source: Zaczek, Iain. Sacred Celtic Places. 2nd ed. New York: Barnes & Noble, 2003.]

Groups II

(I will update this list as I go on throughout the process)
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Potential groups that I could focus on photographing:

• Monastery Leaders (1) [new]
• Local Sports figures [new]
• Famous People (see if they would send me a photo) [new]
  
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• Religious leaders
  
• Local Musicians (can't believe I didn't think of this one sooner)
  
• Olympic Athletes (from the training center in Chula Vista)
  
• Politicians
  
• Educators
  
• Surfers
  
• Dog Owners
  
• Nudists (from Black's Beach in San Diego)
  
• Public Safety Officials (Police, Fire Fighters, EMTs, etc)
  
• Strippers / Strip Club Owners
• Gang Leaders (could be hard to find)
• Illegal Immigrants (could be hard to find)
• Skydivers / Gliders
  

I'm looking for people that have been here long enough to have local places that mean something to them...