An artist tries to paint his masterpiece; a detective tries to unweave a convoluted crime; a lawyer tries to undo his perfect lies. Based on actual events, How Dim the Promised Land pits seemingly unrelated professions by the subtlest strings and dives into the relentless pursuit of meaning and beauty. A physicist-turned-artist, a cynic-turned-detective, and a liar-turned-lawyer, all unsatisfied with their lives pursue the transcendental concepts that connect us to each other and tear us away from one another through the agony of their souls.