Rose Dickson
17 November 2008
2100 – 2120 hours
On the main stage of Kresge Theatre on Willamette University campus, Salem, OR, USA
42 degrees, clear
All this week I have been staying up late having dance rehearsal in preparation for the dance recital coming up this weekend. We are working in the Kresge Theatre and the booming lights create indescribable heat that is almost unbearable. As I was waiting for my piece to begin I looked up onto the ceiling and noticed right next to one of the radiant lights was a spider on a spiders web. If I can barely stand the heat from this distance, how can a being so much smaller and more fragile than I handle that kind of heat? Is the spider even alive? How long has it been living up there, watching all the shows go in and out of production stage? The web looks new and perfectly in tact, not at all like an ancient cobweb so I assume the spider is alive and well. I wonder how it gets its food? Are there really that many bugs available in this kind of space? Will the spider die soon due to lack of food? I wonder if by performance time he will still be there, as an extra audience member!
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