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I love surrealism, dreamscapes and many forms of nonsense and randomness. I loath anything that feels like it is on the edge of making sense. I hate searching

I love surrealism, dreamscapes and many forms of nonsense and randomness. I loath anything that feels like it is on the edge of making sense. I hate searching for hidden meaning in something that doesn't actually have a legible hidden meaning. I suspect some of Lynch's work fits in that category. I'm on the engineer spectrum and I just accept that others rate things that I never will enjoy. Maybe I should learn the appeal of tarot? I vicariously enjoy being around my friend that watches movies non-linearly. I don't understand another friend who watched a popular old movie thousands of times and applied their smarts to analysing it multiple different ways. I don't think I fit your stereotype for people that want a nice linear packaged story they don't need to think about. But maybe I'm overthinking. I do enjoy trying to understand what smart friends intensely direct their thoughts towards: so I would enjoy talking with a friend who loves Mulholland Drive.

MisterTea 3y ago
> I hate searching for hidden meaning in something that doesn't actually have a legible hidden meaning. Like dreams, no? It's not about being a pretentious savant who can analyze his films for deeper meaning but enjoying them for defying the expectations. And you can draw any conclusion you like - from hating it to watching it 1000x and writing a thesis on it and everything in between.
- robocat 3y ago
  > Like dreams, no? Not really because I don't try to analyse my dreams. I often have AAA vivid dreams in SciFi, fantasy, or outré settings: I absolutely love my stunning inner dreamlife, but I rarely read any meanings into what I see. > but enjoying them for defying the expectations I don't get that pleasure. Even though I do enjoy some freaky movies! For me good surprise breaks and makes its own logical consistency. I want either sense or nonsense: a half-mixture just annoys me.

MisterTea 3y ago

> I hate searching for hidden meaning in something that doesn't actually have a legible hidden meaning. Like dreams, no? It's not about being a pretentious savant who can analyze his films for deeper meaning but enjoying them for defying the expectations. And you can draw any conclusion you like - from hating it to watching it 1000x and writing a thesis on it and everything in between.

robocat 3y ago
> Like dreams, no? Not really because I don't try to analyse my dreams. I often have AAA vivid dreams in SciFi, fantasy, or outré settings: I absolutely love my stunning inner dreamlife, but I rarely read any meanings into what I see. > but enjoying them for defying the expectations I don't get that pleasure. Even though I do enjoy some freaky movies! For me good surprise breaks and makes its own logical consistency. I want either sense or nonsense: a half-mixture just annoys me.