I completely relate to the not being able to sit down and focus on one thing. My mind likes to wander. I figure I should let it.
Adam Naymam wrote this yesterday, thought I’d share:
My second David Lynch story takes place before the first one. In 2001, I covered the Toronto International Film Festival for the first time, and somehow ended up getting thrown into a hotel room with Lynch for a 10-minute Q&A. He was there to promote Mulholland Drive, which I had watched a couple of days earlier. I was 21, and didn’t know then that asking Lynch to explain his work was a bad idea. He didn’t answer my question about the meaning of a particular sequence in the film, which turned out to be the last question I had time to ask. But then, when the tape recorder was off, he smiled and said, “A thing is what it is, and that’s what it wants to be.”
That's a nice quote; thanks for sharing it, and the kindness of leaving a comment. My mind likes to wander, but I feel like I want to be able to sit and give a creator the respect of my full attention. Especially when I feel pressure to like "have thoughts on things" (even for writing here), I don't feel like I get the whole story, or have "earned" the idea of "consuming" it.
I know consuming things in a particular way being invalid is a contentious topic (watching movies on my *FUCKING* phone), but it involves some nuance.
I completely relate to the not being able to sit down and focus on one thing. My mind likes to wander. I figure I should let it.
Adam Naymam wrote this yesterday, thought I’d share:
My second David Lynch story takes place before the first one. In 2001, I covered the Toronto International Film Festival for the first time, and somehow ended up getting thrown into a hotel room with Lynch for a 10-minute Q&A. He was there to promote Mulholland Drive, which I had watched a couple of days earlier. I was 21, and didn’t know then that asking Lynch to explain his work was a bad idea. He didn’t answer my question about the meaning of a particular sequence in the film, which turned out to be the last question I had time to ask. But then, when the tape recorder was off, he smiled and said, “A thing is what it is, and that’s what it wants to be.”
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Rest in peace David Lynch you will be missed. 🕊️
That's a nice quote; thanks for sharing it, and the kindness of leaving a comment. My mind likes to wander, but I feel like I want to be able to sit and give a creator the respect of my full attention. Especially when I feel pressure to like "have thoughts on things" (even for writing here), I don't feel like I get the whole story, or have "earned" the idea of "consuming" it.
I know consuming things in a particular way being invalid is a contentious topic (watching movies on my *FUCKING* phone), but it involves some nuance.