Question: what was your insparation

Katharine Schofield answered on 14 Nov 2011:

I got bits of inspiration from all over the place really – I was lucky that my teachers and my family were really encouraging. I remember going away on holiday when I was quite young and really seeing the stars properly for the first time – WOW. Where I grew up was probably one of the most light-polluted areas of the country so we could see a few stars on a clear night but not many. Seeing the milky way and thousands of stars for the first time made me feel so small, but also part of something so big it’s hard to imagine. It made me want to try to understand what was out there. Which of course we never will, not fully – every question you answer raises yet more questions, but it’s hard to resist the urge to keep exploring, it’s part of what makes us human!