“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.The other is as though everything is a miracle.”

Albert Einstein

About eight years ago, Jim Utterback of IATSE Local 22 asked me to teach a three-day class about electricity, power distribution, and control systems for a group of seasoned professional stagehands. I’m guessing that the reason he asked me is because I had written a book called Automated Lighting: The Art and Science of Moving Light and I had been writing a regular column in PLSN magazine, so I had a somewhat high profile and enough experience in stage lighting that he thought I was a logical choice. Although I had studied electrical engineering at the University ...

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