Song of the Open Road Themes
Freedom and Confinement
Nothing quite says "freedom" like an open road. You can go forward, go backward, or even pull off—the choice is yours. Footloose and fancy-free, travelers along an open road are escape artists of...
Community
You know who has to use the road to get around? That's right—everyone. If you think about it, commuters on a road are really a kind of community unto themselves. We like to call this a "commuter-...
Perseverance
Life on the road's not all Slurpees and Cheetos, you know. According to the speaker in "Song of the Open Road," there's a certain price of admission that must be paid to enjoy the freewheeling life...
Life, Consciousness, and Existence
We've said before that there's no surer sign that you're in Cliché-Ville than a sign reading "Life is a journey, not a destination." We've all heard it before, usually in a lame commencement addre...