I found Susie Pearl’s conversation with David Lynch to be interesting. I am a big fan of Lynch’s work, but I never knew that Lynch participated in daily meditation, let alone twice a day for 46 years. In Susie’s conversation with the director of Eraserhead, Lynch details his experience and routine with meditation. The pair discuss the link between creativity and meditation. Lynch is a big proponent for meditation as a way of getting more creative and overall, in better health. I have dabbled in meditation and I agree with Lynch’s position. I think we need to have a time set aside for a deep connection to the mind, to slow things down and let your mind wander.
Lynch describes meditation as a way to find inner happiness. He says that when human beings transcend everyday through meditation that you are able to unlock your full potential and become a blissful. Susie and David also discuss the Beatles and their meditation practices. The Paul McCartney story that Susie shared about how McCartney’s trip to India and whilst asleep McCartney saw the lyrics for one of the famous songs they wrote, and all McCartney had to do was write it down. McCartney transcended and connected with a deeper different part of his creative mind.
One thing that struck me is that Lynch agrees with the idea that a creative artist needs a place to do their work. This is an idea that I’ve come across before in The War of Art of Steven Pressfield. I found that the conservation between Susie and Lynch is very eye-opening and leads me to want to pick meditation back up.
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