I too mourn the passing of David Lynch. The news media each day tells that another icon of the arts has left us, or a TV soap celebrity has succumbed to the pressures of fame. Mostly, for me at least, there's a brief moment of sadness for that loss and for the pain those close to that person must be feeling. Probably followed by "still, 96 years old, that's a pretty good run" or "only 42, wow, much too young", and then the next news item arrives. Occasionally though, it cuts a little deeper. David Lynch brought unique colours and tones to everything he created and there was a depth, indeed, so many layers to his works that it required that you to watch them multiple times and you'd still find more. And sometimes it was just more questions, not more answers. Nothing throwaway here, it was all crafted with that distinctive “Lynchian” hand. So yes, for me too, his passing cuts a little deeper.
Interesting take on the man and the music he was producing. As ever with a great artist, it will take us some time to comfortably assess his contribution to the many worlds of art he practised. He played John Ford for Spielberg and that may be prescient as he becomes the Ford for our times.
Thanks for your article and sorry to hear about David Lynch. I also went through a Twin Peaks phase and decided to share a track I made around that time. It's on SoundCloud but it's linked to in the post here: https://drewmcnaughton.net/another-friend/
I too mourn the passing of David Lynch. The news media each day tells that another icon of the arts has left us, or a TV soap celebrity has succumbed to the pressures of fame. Mostly, for me at least, there's a brief moment of sadness for that loss and for the pain those close to that person must be feeling. Probably followed by "still, 96 years old, that's a pretty good run" or "only 42, wow, much too young", and then the next news item arrives. Occasionally though, it cuts a little deeper. David Lynch brought unique colours and tones to everything he created and there was a depth, indeed, so many layers to his works that it required that you to watch them multiple times and you'd still find more. And sometimes it was just more questions, not more answers. Nothing throwaway here, it was all crafted with that distinctive “Lynchian” hand. So yes, for me too, his passing cuts a little deeper.
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Interesting take on the man and the music he was producing. As ever with a great artist, it will take us some time to comfortably assess his contribution to the many worlds of art he practised. He played John Ford for Spielberg and that may be prescient as he becomes the Ford for our times.
Thanks for your article and sorry to hear about David Lynch. I also went through a Twin Peaks phase and decided to share a track I made around that time. It's on SoundCloud but it's linked to in the post here: https://drewmcnaughton.net/another-friend/