A Sea of Desire is the promise made upon arrival at the Fondation Carmignac in Porquerolles through this massive canvas by the American painter Ed Ruscha that welcomes visitors. Surrounded by pine trees, this Sea of Desire evokes that of the great Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore who in Playthings describes the impossibility of the adult man, overwhelmed by an endless materialistic quest, to be free from the consuming desire that engulfs him.