david lynch
David Lynch on the limitations of language:
“Cinema is a language. It can say things—big, abstract things. And I love that about it. I’m not always good with words. Some people are poets and have a beautiful way of saying things with words. But cinema is its own language. And with it you can say so many things,... See more
Lynch's 70 scenes on 3X5 cards = 1 feature film.
For Lynch, ideas come from somewhere outside us, and our job is to tune into their channels. The imagination is a diving inward. Artistic invention is a matter of staying in the depths until you encounter something down there. It might be beautiful, or frightening, or absurd; but it comes to you. You... See more
For Lynch, ideas come from somewhere outside us, and our job is to tune into their channels. The imagination is a diving inward. Artistic invention is a matter of staying in the depths until you encounter something down there. It might be beautiful, or frightening, or absurd; but it comes to you. You... See more
Zettels June 2025
“On a cherry tree,” he’s said, “there’s pitch oozing out; some of it’s black, some of it’s yellow, and there are millions of red ants crawling all over it. I discovered that if one looks a little closer at the beautiful world, there’s always red ants underneath.”
Philippa Snow • “This Is the Girl” | The Point Magazine
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