"Time is Industry" - chapter 1.

-chapter 1.

"Leave your fears in the dark.
Choke them with your hands."
-"One By One" - Lola Ray
Show at 7:30 is what the fliers said. I decided to arrive at the venue around 3:00, wait around for them. Lola Ray's last show in Pittsburgh was roughly three years ago, and I was determined to show them a Pittsburgh welcome, even if I had to do it by myself.
Oddly, I have never been to Garfield Artworks. I did not know the set-up of the venue, and I did not know the neighborhood. All I had was a pack of cigarettes and two sharpies: black and silver. I found the space at 3:17.
At 5:42 I became discouraged. Maybe they already showed up, unpacked their shit and are self-touring Pittsburgh without me. I pace up and down the street, find the back of the entrance, counted my steps (113 towards Friendship and 119 the other way).
6:04: I found a rubber wine cork in a pole intended for a parking meter, wielding my black sharpie and altering the beige to black. I took my silver sharpie and created patterns and runes. I finished and jammed it between two bolts. It became a part of the pillar. I wondered if it would still be there the next day.
Then a van arrived. I recognized it, wondered if it recognized me.