Gonna get back to answering prompts tomorrow, I think, but for tonight…
Thinking about David Lynch today. Have been for the past couple days, ever since hearing of his passing. We did a deep dive on him around this time two years ago, and I mostly remember being surprised about how much of David made sense to me. Like, it wasn’t a mystery at all what he was trying to do, which included all the stuff that doesn’t make sense. He put A LOT of stuff in his movies that didn’t even make sense to him, nor do I think it ever occurred to him to try and have that stuff make sense. But that doesn’t mean that his films were just a jumble. The breakthrough on that watch was that I felt like I was standing there next to him, watching the weirdest stuff unfold, and we’d look at each other, he’d shrug his shoulders, and I’d shrug mine, and we’d both go back to watching the weird thing knowing that we shared how it made us feel. And then all the stuff that did make sense, too, because there’s also plenty of that in his films, where he’s like: the world is a beautiful place, but also if you get down into the grass and dirt deep enough, you can see its crawling with bugs down there, and that’s scary, isn’t it? Women are exciting and fascinating, but godammit they’re a fucking mystery to me. Where does evil come from? Why did I dream that?
It’s an odd thing to say, but after watching all of his movies, I feel like I know the guy pretty well. He makes sense to me. I don’t feel lost by his films at all. We’re in lock step, side by side, and he’s my strange friend who thinks very differently from me and that’s what’s delightful about him because by knowing him, he makes me see the world in ways I’d never have found on my own.
Miss you, bud. I’ve been thinking about you a lot.
Another slow day, though I got in a nap this time. Gonna do that tomorrow, too, as well as get up on time. Whew. That’s going to be hard, but I can do it. Back to the writing, at least. The fact I get it off work is a blessing. I can catch up on a few things that way.
Oh, and I’m closing in finally on finishing The Terror. Woot!
Night night!