Read this: The many faces of Maynard James Keenan
"It's one of a long list of examples of architects, artists, actors, musicians, writers, and poets – people who are not necessarily from Arizona but came here and found that creative tick that burrows under your skin here, something that sets you in a motion to respond to this, what I consider to be equal parts inspirational and hostile, environment," Maynard continues of this piece of creative genius from his home state.
"It's not easy to survive here. There's already been a dust devil that's whipped through here, rattlesnakes, crazy red ants outside of my sleeping quarters which tried to consume my dog. We feel like we're on the edge of the world. Imagine if you were an extra-terrestrial traveller and you landed in the Southwest and wanted to assume an identity here and blend in, this would probably be a good spot to do that."
Yep. Check out the trailer below…