there is a light that never goes out

-Excerpts from David Lynch's book "Catching the Big Fish":

"Some artists believe that anger, depression, or these negative things give them an edge. They think they need to hold on to that anger and fear so they can put it in their work. And they don't like the idea of getting happy- it makes them want to puke. They think it would make them lose their edge or their power."

"Anger and depression and sorrow are beautiful things in a story, but they're like poision to the filmmaker or artist. They're like a vise grip on creativity. If you're in that grip, you can hardly get out of bed, much less experience the flow of creativity and ideas. You must have clarity to create. You have to be able to catch ideas."

"So what light can you turn on that removes negativity the way sunlight removes darkness? It's the light of pure consciousness, the Self- the light of unity. Don't fight the darkness. Don't even worry about the darkness. Turn on the light and the darkness goes. Turn up that light of pure consciousness and negativity goes."

"It takes you to an ocean of pure consciousness, pure knowingness. But it's familiar; it's you. And right away a sense of happiness emerges- not a goofball happiness, but a thick beauty."

-Reading this book has been a strange and remarkable experience. A lot of it I think I already knew, but the way he phrases everything is so poignant that it resonates even more reasonably and justifiably than it had before. It reminds me of the Allen Ginsberg quote "A genius is someone who takes a complex situation and makes it look simple". I also really like this quote from Lynch:

"The music has to marry with the picture and enhance it. You can't just lob something in and think it's going to work, even if it's one of your all-time favorite songs. That piece of music may have nothing to do with that scene. When it marries, you can feel it. The thing jumps; a "whole is greater than the sum of the parts" kind of thing can happen."

-It's interesting to relate the way that films are made to the way that we are either consciously or subconsciously arranging our lives at any given moment. I relate this quote in particular to the way that I listen to music; it always feels either right or wrong for a moment, whether it be the lyrics, the melody, the volume, or something else. We are constantly pairing certain sensory experiences, sometimes for specific intention, sometimes inexplicably. Wearing red, listening to My Bloody Valentine, smoking a cigarette. Could mean something or could mean nothing.