I have a fine friend in Ben Sota. He and his partners Erin, Mike and friends, are theater bards and acrobats who perform for the Zany Brothers Umbrella Circus. They travel the world doing their performances to audiences world wide. Recently they were on tour in Ethiopia and Jordan. I met them in Pittsburgh several years ago and since then have seen them in several places. Ben asked me to design a backdrop for their most recent skit. The skit has four movements which incorporate the four seasons.

Winter tells a story of a couple who are out at a ski adventure. There lift stops high above the slopes. The girl has no fear of heights but her partner is frightful. She begins playing around; swinging the chair; acting fear less. He is trembling with fear over her behavior. Eventually she finds her way to the ground and convinces her partner to follow.