Valley of Fire [5FTLP]

There are some places where words can’t tread. There is no vocabulary for beauty that leaves us tongue-tied and speechless. There isn’t a word for the places that pluck the breath out of our bodies. Kristian Dunn learned the deficits of language when trying to describe his travels to Nevada’s Valley of Fire State Park. The only way to chronicle the journey was through music, making way for El Ten Eleven's 13th album. In 2020, Dunn and his wife and daughter packed up a camper van and headed westward, roaming from Los Angeles to Zion National Park in Utah. As their first night of driving winded to a close, the Dunns staked claim on what they believed was a lowly patch of desert, made a fire, and swiftly fell asleep. It wasn’t until the Dunn family awoke that they realized what grandeur they had stumbled into.  “It’s like having someone describe the Grand Canyon to you—you don’t really understand until you’re standing at the very edge,” Dunn said. “You realize in staring at this great big