there are circumstances that led her from the tropics of central america prodigy and up in the desert she said we will take care of you. shortly thereafter i arrived in then the first thing that i saw next to a sign that said 100 miles 29 palms easter joshua tree. you know, negative would treat? he then the album. you know, what the tree looks like? [laughter] crazy arms. i want to to go further out to something existential was driving the further out into the big empty. and also the rent got cheaper and cheaper so i was paying $275 per month on 5 acres of land on the edge of 29 palms right where the sign said and that is where the book begins with a personal crisis it was no accident i arrived here. the desert was the site of a pilgrimage and at that moment i was not aware that i am in big trouble i must go he'll in the desert but that is the space and tiered. realized later the symbolism was there to begin the process of healing to get to know the place that included dealing with the fact i was arriving on a landscape add as many problems as mexico city with drugs. coming from addic