Background info:
Over 600 pics taken, deleted 200 immediately dues to out of focus, bad composition, etc.
The number of photos that I liked where the focal point is Dr. Cook, about 32-35
I whittled it down to 21, then whittled it down again to 8 or 11. I had three final pics from which I chose the end image.
INTERVIEW, part 1:
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So you are?
My name's Andrea. Hi everybody.
What do you do?
I play volleyball
Professionally, what do you do?
City Climate Change manager
Why do you like what you do?
Because I feel like I'm helping people, and the earth... I'm making a difference.
What was your first reaction when I asked you to do this?
Its a no brainer, I thought the project was cool, kinda like you, so why not?
What about the project interested you? Did it intrigue you at a certain level?
I believe in sacred places, I've been in many. It can be really simple places... in the woods, at the beach, sunset, communicating with a person, doing volunteer work... all kinds of ways to be sacred.
For me, the nature has been really sacred, one of these escapes, so I think sacred paces... can be really varied. For me, its not the church. Its not not the church. It could be, but its not.
What do you think of when you hear the word "sacred"?
I think of places like indian burial grounds. I think of places like churches. I think of watching the surf. I think of watching the sunset. I think of ruins, sort of ancient ruins. Some friendships are sacred, some communications are sacred. Those kind of things.
What does it mean to you, on a personal level, abstractly?
It means there is a power greater, or an energy greater, or a sphere greater than ourselves that is awe-inspiring in someway, whether it is looking at how a painting looks, or how ruins look, the ocean or anything.
Talk to me about your sacred place. Why did you choose what you chose?
Well in this case I chose volleyball at the beach. Because it is a sacred place that has always been with me since seventh grade... a place I've always gone, a volleyball court, to meet people, to exercise, to watch sunsets, to experience the outdoors at the beach. It is fun, something I can really rely on in my life, one of the strongest themes that is there. It brings relief, it brings friendships, exercise, and is free to do and available to do and I need to live by. You know, I moved back to San Diego to live at the beach and play volleyball because it grounds me, having a commitment to play certain days, times and places.
It's sacred time, I don't trade it in for hardly anything, you know? It has to be something really big if I am going to give up my volleyball time, you know. So I hold it sacred as a commitment in my life so I have the break, so I have the free time, so I have the exercise.
And then the motion, you can play... I can play without paying attention, instinct at some levels. I don't have to think or process much. My body knows what to do, things happen on instinct. It's out of... It doesn't have to be effort. So I like it.
You said before that when you are out there, you like playing more more more. How do you feel like when you are playing, when you are "in the moment"? What is that experience when you are playing?
I love it. It just feels like you are in the game, and exercising and having fun and hitting this ball around. Yeah, I don't like to sit out, I don't like to sit and watch the game. I like to be involved in the game, and involved in the game in high level. Meaning, you know, its not the same if you're playing with six people on a side, or you're playing co-ed... women's twos has the most comfort and fluidity. And I feel happier playing. I like to feel tire, I guess, by the end of it. Like I've really worked out, worked out hard... that I really tried at whatever. And it does so many things at the same time.
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