land is green and skies are blue

When we were in New Mexico last summer installing  a show I remember looking up at the huge unobstructed sky and saying "If I had that much sky I'd think there was something living in it too," finally understanding the alien culture of the Southwest! The only thing living in our sky is birds. And that man we saw when we were building the set who was outfitted in a homemade flying machine, it looked like a go-kart with a parachute attached to it! I swear! We started taking down the metal pipe part of the wall this week, the more dangerous portion of our outdoor sound stage that begins 16ft off the ground and reaches another 16ft up, slowly reclaiming our sky...