How Dim the Promised Land

<p>An artist striving to paint his masterpiece a detective unravelling a convoluted crime and a lawyer attempting to undo his perfect lies. How Dim the Promised Land interlaces these seemingly unrelated lives through subtle connections. Based on actual events the novel delves into the relentless pursuit of meaning and beauty. A physicist-turned-artist a cynic-turned-detective and a liar-turned-lawyer each dissatisfied with their lives seek transcendental concepts that both connect and divide us. Through the agony of their souls the narrative explores the profound complexities of human existence.</p><p></p><p></p><blockquote>Are those that pursue simple beauty happier because of their pursuit? Throughout my life I've tried to seek it with pleasure but I am almost always apprehended by its tyranny. The horizon has never penetrated my soul; the sky has never parted its clouds to illustrate its magnificence. My eyes do not grasp the depth of its ardor. Could it be that my pursuit is in vain? Everything I have touched felt or seen has been imperfect and incomplete. My paintings are filled with anguish and everyone will feel its pain and incomprehensibility. None of my creations could be beautiful because I am competing with something superior to myself and thus all I create is fated to be ugly and incomplete. The more I thought about it and every time I used the word I seemed to diminish its qualities. If I refer to all of these things as beautiful... it'll lose its panache and if I come face-to-face with real Beauty I wouldn't recognize it. - Bruce Crown How Dim the Promised Land</blockquote>