It+Is+Better+to+Burn+Out+Than+Fade+Away

Only one novel comes to my mind with this picture...

Burnt Out n.d. Frank W. Long oil on canvas 30 1/8 x 36 1/8 in. (76.5 x 91.7 cm) Smithsonian American Art Museum Gift of Olin Dows 1978.152.197

“I was afraid we wouldn’ get acrost,’ she said. ‘I tol’ Granma we couldn’ he’p her. The fambly had ta get acrost. I tol’ her, tol’ her when she was a-dyin,’” (Steinbeck, 1939. p. 228).

How bout yourself?

Can I get back to the beginning? Deja Vu Yes... I'm really connecting this to something Carry on Wayward Son!