Natural spectacles can seem more compelling when they are further away. The more effort you have to make (travel, expense etc.) to see something the more attention it gets. Who would not want to see a Bengal Tiger, yet the answer may be those who live in Bengal, though that could be down to an understandable sense of caution. But a similar case could be made for less fearsome beasts in other exotic parts.
What might we have to do to persuade local people in large numbers to make just a bit of an effort to see the wonders of very accessible spectacles such as the many hundreds of spider webs decorating Blacka, each one unique in its beauty?
Numbers and statistic are such an obsession today in being used as a measure of value. Somebody could frame a question along the lines of:
"If it were possible to combine all the spider silk threads we can see into one single thread how far could it stretch between Earth and the moon?" It seems a fatuous question to me but would it be just the one to capture the attention of some who have not the instinctive feel for what is beautiful? This may take us back again to Hard Times.
There are many kinds of spider silk and the finest is said to be that used by baby spiders launching themselves onto the air. That used for constructing webs was all over the site this week. Still conditions are good for small insects that don't like restless winds. Hence the predators out to net them. But what an artistic way to do it.
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