‘Daydreaming Is So Important To Me’: How David Lynch Fishes For Ideas - ArtReview

The filmmaker, artist, musician and, lately, YouTube star, discusses parenthood, the pandemic and painting outdoors

David Lynch. Photo: Josh Telles The filmmaker, artist, musician and, lately, YouTube star, discusses parenthood, the pandemic and painting outdoors David Lynch speaks in the simple declarative sentences of a man who has spent a lifetime whittling away the inessentials of language. In interviews he often repeats statements he has made before, almost verbatim, as if he had long ago sorted his thoughts and sees no reason to continue fussing with them. On first listen, his statements often seem glaringly obvious, but on hearing them echoed, the phrases start to gleam with deep, perennial wisdom. S

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