I spent two months living in Joshua Tree following artist Tom Jean Webb as he prepared for his solo show ‘Tomorrow’s Flames Are Already Burning’ at the DEN Gallery in Austin, Texas in early 2015. Influenced from the surrounding landscape, this film represents some of the inspiration behind his exhibition. http://bit.ly/1U9p0jl Director: Dan Sadgrove Sound: Morgan Johnson at Barking Owl Sound Color: Houmam Abdullah at Electric Theatre Narration: Amber Webber from Black Mountain / Lightning Dust. Special thanks to Dan & Kate O'Connell for letting me use their camera and allowing us stay at their house in Joshua Tree for a few hot wintry desert months, Heather Williamson for her help and the generous time of everyone involved in creating this. – I asked the coyote if he was afraid On the sun baked highway run His creeping shadow grew And darkened the falling sun Who lit the flame Asks the man each night That the wind couldnt put out When the sun burned its last light Amongst the cactus trees Time struggles in the sand With no soil for seeds But the snakes rattling hand Meet me in the highway Under the silver moon You’ll hear the trembling bones Of the dead mans croon And the ground shakes and howls As the sun comes back around The coyote lies quick still As his shadow shrinks back down Now he walks alone And wanders if he was afraid Towards the silent warmth of light Amongst the desert decay

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