From the Sahara to Gobi, from the Persian Gulf to Death Valley, deserts fascinate. The hostile living conditions, the extreme temperatures, the bewildering mirages, and the solitude awaiting the adventurers who travel through them, all justify this fascination. But who hasn't dreamt, at least one day, of isolating themselves far from the world in a desert with no trace of life on the horizon? Our artists do it all the time, and many of them seem irrevocably drawn to the arid plains. On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair...