185: You will never see the end of the road
stopGOstop: field recordings, sound collage, and sound artShow Notes
Lunar Orbiter 4 Image of the Moon, NASA
beyond the known, beyond the realms of Earth and its tethered horizons, maybe even beyond your comfort zone, to the silent reaches of the cosmos, stopGOstop is proud to present YOU WILL NEVER SEE THE END OF THE ROAD.
This is a story of two brothers, twins, bound by more than blood and who have chosen to be divided by the vastness of the galaxy—a tale of explorers, like of old. A tale of dreamers being sent out into the night without the security of home, without knowing if they would ever return. and with this journey and the weight of human fragility squarely on their shoulders. Kellan and Jonas, they are builders of light, architects of hope, sent to opposite ends of creation to build and maintain space ports to anchor humanity’s presence in the darkest of voids.
Hey now hey now, don’t dream its over.
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