Offseason
When it rains in an outdoor ice rink, it speaks of change. It's a change of season, when the temperature is no longer low enough to freeze water. It's a change of space, when a concrete slab built for ice and Canada's hallowed grass-roots game, becomes a reflective mirror. It could also be a change of something else, something that has been talked about by those in the scientific community for decades. If climate change, and more specifically, global warming, is inevitable, these reflections could also signify a window into the future. What if the climate during the winter in continental Canada is no longer stable enough to skate outdoors? Then these outdoor spaces would become something else entirely: a reminder of a time that has passed, and of a consequence so unthinkable, we as a species would have to see it to believe it.
