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Catching the big fish : meditation, consciousness, and creativity / David Lynch.

Lynch, David, 1946- (Author).

Summary:

A three-time Oscar-nominated filmmaker offers insight into his methods as an artist, discussing his long-time commitment to the practice of Transcendental Meditaion, his metaphorical creative process, and the ways in which he interacts with his surround world.

Record details

ISBN: 9781585426126
ISBN: 1585426121
ISBN: 9781585425402
ISBN: 1585425400
Physical Description: 180 pages ; 18 cm
Edition: 1st trade pbk. ed.
Publisher: New York : Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin, 2007.
Copyright: ©2006

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and filmography.

Formatted Contents Note:

The first dive -- Suffocating rubber clown suit -- Starting out -- The art life -- A garden at night -- Curtains up -- Cinema -- Interpretation -- The circle -- Ideas -- Desire -- Consciousness -- Translating the idea -- Los Angeles -- Eraserhead -- The pace of life -- Yogis -- Bob's big boy -- The angriest dog in the world -- Music -- Intuition -- The unified field -- The fourth state -- Getting there -- Modern science and ancient science -- Anywhere, anytime -- Identity -- Final cut -- Therapy -- Dreams -- Angelo Badalamenti -- Sound -- Casting -- Rehearsal -- Fear -- All together now -- Twin Peaks -- The continuing story -- The red room -- Ask the idea -- Test audience -- Generalizations -- Darkness -- Suffering -- Light of the self -- A tower of gold -- Religion -- Drugs -- Turn on the light -- Industrial symphony no. 1 -- Lost highway -- Restrictions -- Mulholland Drive -- The box and the key -- A sense of place -- Beauty -- Texture -- Working with wood -- Having a setup -- Fire -- Light on film -- The straight story -- Heroes of film -- Fellini -- Kubrick -- Inland empire -- The name -- A new way to work -- Director's commentary -- The death of film -- DV for young filmmakers -- DV quality -- Future of cinema -- Common sense -- Advice -- Sleep -- Keep at it -- Success and failure -- Gone fishing, again -- Compassion -- Consciousness-based education -- Real peace -- In closing -- Coda: true happiness lies within.