a week ago i was given ‘catching the big fish’ by david lynch, and i’ve been reading it sporadically ever since.
more than anything else it’s a charming(i know, odd choice of word)book about transcendental meditation and creativity.
the chapters are all brief and fairly random. ok, they’re not fairly random, they’re completely random.
the shortest chapter, entitled ‘the box and the key’ is: ‘i have no idea what those are’.
but my favorite chapter so far is ‘texture’, here it is:
‘i don’t necessarily love rotting bodies, but there’s a texture to a rotting body that is unbelievable. have you ever seen a little rotted animal? i love looking at those things, just as much as i like to look at a close-up of some tree bark, or a small bug, or a cup of coffee, or a piece of pie. you get in close and the textures are wonderful’
it almost sounds like a deep thought by jack handey.
i love the image of david lynch looking at a piece of pie and then looking at a close-up of a decaying squirrel.
elsewhere in the book he talks about lost highway being inspired by the o.j simpson trial, which made me feel slightly vindicated, as when ‘lost highway’ was released i was talking to a few friends and i said that i thought that it was inspired by the o.j simpson trial. my friends vehemently disagreed. so i was right. they were wrong. so, to my friends who disagree with me: nyaah(that’s me making a very petulant sound).
in other david lynch news…i watched ‘the elephant man’ the other day. i hadn’t seen it in years. what a beautiful movie. did john hurt win an academy award for his portrayal of john merrick? he should have. when john hurt finally starts speaking in the movie it’s so hearbreaking.
as an aside, why are british actors so good? is it something in the water? there have been some good american and canadian and australian actors, but it seems as if 90% of the british actors in the world are just innately good. why is that?
ok, have a nice weekend.
-moby