Celebrating the 10th anniversary of his book, “Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity,” David Lynch took the time to discuss a different side of him than we normally see, on the Interfaith Voices Podcast. While they do discuss some specifics in his career, the bulk of this podcast talks about more abstract ideas.
The podcast begins with Lynch reading a bit from the book, which talks about how ideas are fish, and depending on how deep you go, the bigger the fish you might catch. So, when the interviewer asks Lynch what the biggest fish he’s ever caught was, Lynch replies, “ I always say we really don’t do anything original, we just are blessed with catching some ideas. And then we know what to do, based on the idea. The key is to fall in love with that idea and then follow that idea, stay true to that idea, and then do the best you can, and lo and behold, something comes out into the physical world.”
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Lynch goes on to describe his process of meditation and how it has changed his outlook on his career and filmmaking, in general. “You get more of you. You get more energy to do the things, the ideas, there are billions of ideas and you’ll find the one you love and you’ll find ’em on a deeper and deeper level when you start expanding that consciousness. And this thing of righteous anger is fine, you can be against something, really truly against something, and fight for something you believe in. You’ll have more energy to do that. You’ll have more power, more edge to really get in and get the thing the way you want it,” says Lynch.
Let’s face it, in the last few months, you have heard David Lynch interviewed about “Twin Peaks” and the rest of his illustrious career. You’ve heard him answer everything he’s been willing to answer about his future in Hollywood. But you’ve probably never heard Lynch talk like he does in this podcast, and that’s worth the listen, alone.
Where else are you going to hear David Lynch describe his perfect day? “Perfect day? Lots of ideas, energy to realize the ideas, tools to get the ideas done. And some very, very good coffee along the way,” says Lynch, in only the way he can.