/// Author & Artistâs note: The above artwork is from an original piece of the same name and is available to collect via KnownOrigin. The below is a lyrical essay from my upcoming book, âLove Letters to Melancholy (And Other Things I Found in the Desert).â The book is being self-published using funds from my NFT project, Desert Minis, a collection of diaristic painting and poetry pieces chronicling my life in the desert of Joshua Tree, California.