Re: David Lynch

Camille Scaysbrook (verona_beach@geocities.com)
Mon, 19 Apr 1999 21:23:43 +1000

How very true. I think it was once I learned to embrace this idea that
writing is communication and therefore a participatory rather than passive
activity, and that every reader of your writing is in essence creating a
part of that writing themselves, my writing *really* kicked into high gear.
It's true, it's a little like art appreciation, you can run away from, say,
Abstract Expressionism (or any form of abstraction) for a long long time,
but if you stop and let it offer you its merits you can learn a lot more
than simply shutting your eyes and walking the well-trod path. In fact, I
think it's pretty essential in understanding Salinger's fiction and going
beyond the obvious questions of setup, conflict, climax, resolution, or
what have you. And it's *absolutely* essential in watching `Lost Highway',
but if you can get past the initial reaction of `what the hell was that???'
it'll give you food for thought for days.

(damn it, now your messages are doing the Invisible Ink thing too! I must
check my settings here on this clunky ol' computer) (:

Camille
verona_beach@geocities.com
@ THE ARTS HOLE http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Theater/6442
@ THE INVERTED FOREST http://www.angelfire.com/pa/invertedforest

me pierce wrote:

>
> Good, good stuff. But not for everyone. Just like Salinger (:

Beautifully said, Camille--so cogent, that I am off to find this Lost
Highway
you refer to. I had no intention of doing so despite other posts, but this
one
got to me.

How many times have I chastised a student for not understanding that the
reading--that even life--is about the experience --not entertainment!

Thanks for reminding me, Camille. I shall not run from Lynch,again. If you
want
to know the truth, I ran from Nine Stories for quite some time.   You have
to
be willing to let go of your "O Henry expectations"  and just go with
it--don't
try to make sense of Teddy--just go with the experience and you will find
many
gifts.

--
M.E. Pierce
Dept. of English, SFASU
http://TITAN.SFASU.EDU/~f_pierceme/
"Are you a nobody too?" --The Belle of Amherst