Lighting the decades

“There is a steady narrative, a feeling of "lights, camera, action" when big events are imminent. But trauma isn't like that. It just happens, and then life goes on. No one prepares you for it.”

Dave T has been lighting gigs since the eighties. Today he’s using his Toughbook, and he half closed the lid to show me the label. It may survive rough treatment, but Windows still puts it to sleep when the lid closes - and all the effects cease. Worse, it won’t come back to life - overheated.

Oops.