paris, texas

“He had discovered a great law of human action, without knowing it — namely, that in order to make a man or a boy covet a thing, it is only necessary to make the thing difficult to attain.”

“In an instant all will vanish and we’ll be alone once more, in the midst of nothingness.”

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film · wim wenders’ paris, texas is a road film about the lives we keep living, the ways we survive, and the lengths we travel to attain meaning.

music · this oft-praised blues song by blind willie johnson dark was the night cold was the ground represents all we are and seek, all that matters, and all that exists in its pursuit.

words i · mark twain’s adventures of tom sawyer was one of wenders’ favorite books growing up.

photographs · these images by william eggleston capture the boredom of middle america, sometimes in high-gloss and sometimes abject.

words ii · from waiting for godot by samuel beckett who was one of sam shepard’s favorite people.

paintings · these works from koen van den broek’s the light we live in exhibition capture the stillness and concreteness of roads, ever-present and present in our lives, but rarely appreciated.