Empty Volume
Prior to 2009, people in Lubbock had to drive outside the city limits to buy booze. There were some big liquor stores out there, but now they’ve all closed (or moved into town), since we can buy our booze right in town like normal people. Some of those places have turned into other businesses now, but this one is still available, if you’re interested.
Lubbock County, Texas
photographed 1.8.2021
Out/Field
This? Oh, just a little something that I spotted behind the baseball field the other day – it was a day when I was in the photography zone, and most things I saw looked like a photo. I love days like that.
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.3.2021
A mumuration
If you’ve never seen a murmuration of starlings, stop reading this and go watch this video. It’s five minutes long. I’ll wait…
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Pretty amazing, wasn’t it?
And maybe it gives you an idea about why the word “murmuration” came to mind when I made this photo.
“Oblique Intersection”
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.3.2021
“Oblique Intersection”
One of the coolest things about Lubbock is that Texas Tech University has a nationally-recognized public art program, with major art installations on their campuses in Lubbock, El Paso, Odessa, San Angelo, Abilene, and Amarillo.
This piece, which was installed in 2019, is one of my favorites, because it looks like a pencil sketch come to life. It’s called “Oblique Intersection” and is made of short stainless steel rods welded together. The shapes in the piece mirror the architectural shapes of the campus buildings. From certain angles and even though it is a huge piece, it almost disappears. It looks different depending on the sunlight’s angles. It looks different at night. It looks different in the snow (come back on January 25 to see that.). It is, in short, a delight to view, no matter when you look at it. Here’s an article (that has an imbedded video) about it.
The piece was produced by Lead Pencil Studio (Daniel Mihalyo and Annie Han).
“Oblique Intersection”
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 1.3.2021
All the new pandemic graves, 3
An overhead view of the increasingly-full cemetery. So much loss. So much grief.
(And now: 630 deaths, as of 1.16.2021.)
Lubbock, Texas
photographed 12.29.2020
Nathan Harvey, drone pilot
