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Lynch is a huge proponent of meditation and even has a foundation promoting it https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org. His i
by rdtsc 3y ago
Lynch is a huge proponent of meditation and even has a foundation promoting it https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org https://www.davidlynchfoundation.org.
His ideas and imagery come from there, I would guess. He said somewhere that it's like diving deeper down to catch the bigger fish. So we end up with quite strange, but very detailed and interesting imagery and set of characters.
It's also not completely random. There is some loose internal logic and Lynch knows what it is, I feel, but he refuses to explain it. It's part of the fun to try to decipher it.
The furniture pieces have some art deco motifs, and look like they would fit into the Twin Peaks universe well. Specifically thinking of Naido's place or fireman's castle on the purple ocean from The Return https://backtotwinpeaks.com/twin-peaks-articles/supernatural-locations-twin-peaks/ https://backtotwinpeaks.com/twin-peaks-articles/supernatural...
The idea of places and even furniture, specifically, hosting spirits is also common in Twin Peaks. here I was remembering Josie being stuck in a wooden knob and log lady's husband spirit going into a log.
- adultSwim 3y agoDavid Lynch is not just a fan of meditation, but of the organization Transcendental Meditation (TM). TM engages in many similar questionable practices as Scientology, including recruiting early career celebrities. Jerry Seinfeld is another famous member. I consider it a cult.
- rdtsc 3y agoWell TIL! I only knew about it generally from watching Lynch's stuff, but had no idea it was a cult.
- sneak 3y agoIf the similar practices are many, perhaps you could share with us a selection of them? Celebrity endorsements isn't really exclusive to cults. You imply harm is being done. Who is harmed, and how?
- foobiekr 3y agoAre you saying that their claims that they can teach people to levitate are true? https://www.npr.org/2016/06/13/481845003/a-childhood-of-transcendental-meditation-spent-in-the-shadow-of-a-guru?t=1638233866536 https://www.npr.org/2016/06/13/481845003/a-childhood-of-tran... There are plenty of online resources about the cult aspects of TM if you actually look.
- sneak 3y agoAll religions have claims of supernatural happenings; almost all religions request donations from their followers. Cults are distinct from normal religious organizations. What makes the TM-as-promoted-by-David-Lynch a cult? The link talks about a religious organization that asked for money on a regular basis from followers. Who is being harmed there, and how? People willingly donating their money to religious organizations is not alone evidence of abuse.
- fbarred 3y agoThey aren't exactly passing the collection plate around. It's much more transactional: "So you had to have a special kind of paste before you went to go practice your Yogic Flying, and the paste cost, like, $150, and the Yogic Flying cost thousands of dollars to learn, and then your badge to get into the dome to practice the group meditation cost $100 a month." "It cost thousands of dollars because Maharishi said that Americans don't value things unless they pay a lot of money for them."
- MissingAFew 3y agoThe sutras name the same claim, it's not meant to be literal afaik.
- latentcall 3y agoYou obviously cannot levitate but you may be able to convince your brain you are. Meditation is an avenue to do that.
- darepublic 3y ago