Hardcover, 158 pages
Norwegian language
Published 2007 by Lille Måne.
ilmregissør David Lynch står bak produksjoner som Twin Peaks og Mulholland Drive. I denne boken forteller han hvor han henter inspirasjon til filmene sine, hvordan han "dykker" ned i sin bevissthet ved hjelp av meditasjon og så holder fast ved ideene som napper. Lynch kommer med fortellinger og anekdoter fra sin snart 30 år lange karriere. Ved hjelp av medtiasjonsteknikker har han lært seg å dykke ned i dypet av bevisstheten og fange ideer. "Hvis du ønsker å fange småfisk kan du holde deg nær overflaten", skriver Lynch, "men hvis du vil fange storfisk må du ned på dypere vann".
I've listened to the narrated version of this two times in a row, and have found it to be a very elevating tome.
Short and sweet. You ain't gonna learn how to meditate, or anything concrete at all, but you get to see David Lynch's brain in action as it meanders around thinking about stuff in a very distinct tone.
Plus you might appreciate some previously unexamined details of life, like the perfect soundtrack for a scene or the granularity of rotten flesh.
This was a great little book. David Lynch is way into transcendental meditation (like... Fairfield, Iowa, Maharashi (yeah, the Beatles' Maharashi), possibly a cult into transcendental meditation) but this book is interesting because it reveals how David Lynch, as an artist, relates to his work and makes meaning of creativity and the world around him. This is a book about one creative process. Read that way, particularly if you're a fan, this is a very rich text, but if you approach this book wanting a autobiographical profile or a technical handbook (in the way Mamet's On Directing teaches) you will be disappointed. What you will find here is a book about large, academic subjects written by a visual artist in an non-academic manner.
My favorite chapter is titled "The Box and the Key." The whole chapter is a single sentence: "I don't have a clue what those are." If that …
This was a great little book. David Lynch is way into transcendental meditation (like... Fairfield, Iowa, Maharashi (yeah, the Beatles' Maharashi), possibly a cult into transcendental meditation) but this book is interesting because it reveals how David Lynch, as an artist, relates to his work and makes meaning of creativity and the world around him. This is a book about one creative process. Read that way, particularly if you're a fan, this is a very rich text, but if you approach this book wanting a autobiographical profile or a technical handbook (in the way Mamet's On Directing teaches) you will be disappointed. What you will find here is a book about large, academic subjects written by a visual artist in an non-academic manner.
My favorite chapter is titled "The Box and the Key." The whole chapter is a single sentence: "I don't have a clue what those are." If that sort of thing makes you laugh, and ponder, and smile then this book is for you. If a chapter like that makes you angry or annoys you, it's probably safe to say you won't appreciate this book.
