Theatre sets

In class the professor talked about set designs. He showed us different pictures of various set designs that he had gathered together. The thing about designing a set is that you have to be able to catch the attention of the audience within the first couple seconds, but you also don't want it to take away from the actual performance.  There has to be some equal medium between the two so that the show, play, performance, etc. can amaze the entire audience.  Throughout the course of human history theatres have always been an important part of our culture. There are many possibilities as to why that may have been bu the most import reason is that they amaze us and keep us interested. Think about anything you have done in your life, much like a theatre you asses the situation or whatever it might be. Within the first couple seconds you have an idea of what is going on. That might be one of the reason people stress so much about first impressions because people judge you and asses you when you first meet them and if you don't amaze them and keep them interested they'll want nothing to do with you. Just my thoughts...