The desert is where, beyond the horizon, there lies nothing. A place where people go to die, or rediscover themselves: I suppose it's either a lonely and unforgiving place, or a great, silent space one can find peace of mind and solace in. The title is from (yet another) song by Jason Molina - his music evokes both claustrophobia and pain, as well as hope and promise. The best evocation of a desertscape in literature I have come across is in J.G.Ballard's The Drought, in which some of the characters fail to come to terms with their new environs, while others, who were outcasts in the old world, discover something approaching true freedom in the new.
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