Tomorrow's Flames Are Already Burning

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://www.tomjeanwebb.com/

Writer/Director/Editor: 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.

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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