Deserts possess a particular magic, since exhausted futures, thus free — J.G. Ballard, Atrocity Exhibition

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Deserts possess a particular magic, since they have exhausted their own futures, and are thus free of time. Anything erected there, a city, a pyramid, a motel, stands outside time. It's no coincidence that religious leaders emerge from the desert. Modern shopping malls have much the same function. A future Rimbaud, Van Gogh or Adolf Hitler will emerge from their timeless wastes.

J.G. Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition

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