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Reid, James D. Agency and Imagination in the Films of David Lynch: Philosophical Perspectives. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2020. She is also an art critic with decades of experience on the LA scene, and understands the deep roots of his craft in a way that prevents her from making the cardinal sin in misinterpreting Lynch's work as though it can be decoded or resolved into a set of literal meanings. Rather, it has to be judged by the effects that it has on the viewer.

We get to hear his journey through every film he made in this book along with his artistic insights, his struggles and triumphs. He is constantly touted by the co-authors as a genuine, likable, relatable, down-to-earth genius who respects and loves everyone. He was also an absentee father and husband, so devoted to his projects that his personal life was a shambles, with lengthy respites when he wasn't shooting when he actually lived a balanced life. Last thing: Transcendental Meditation. Oh man. Lynch says that "the worst part of France is this certain smugness, and it says so much, those smiles. I got a lot of that in the early days talking about meditation. Journalists loved to talk to me about film, but once I brought up meditation, here come those smiles." Point taken... but practitioners are guaranteed to brandish their own smile of imperturbable, magnanimous serenity (after all, they've Transcended!) and wield their indifference like a divine cudgel in the face of any critique of the vacuous doggerel of their creed. Now is neither the time nor place to go into it; I don't doubt that TM has had salubrious effects for plenty of people, but that doesn't change its ultimate falsity. To be clear: TM is bogus. I'm willing to fight about that, too. Lynch closes one chapter with the myopic mantra of the woefully out of touch: Dusi, Nicola and Cinzia Bianchi. David Lynch: Mondi Intermediali. Milano, Italy: FrancoAngeli, 2019. Twin Peaks Fans Ecstatic As David Lynch Brings Art Exhibition To MIMA.” Artlyst, 13 November 2014. Web.Hassett, Christopher. “The New Avant-Garde: David Lynch’s Glorious Late-Career Vision.” Riot Material, 24 August 2017. Web. Many, Rachel. “Recap: David Lynch ‘Naming’ Opening at Kayne Griffin Corcoran.” LA Canvas, November 2013. Web. The book is a brief memoir of Lynch's work on various film projects, the ideas for which he attributes to his practice of transcendental meditation. The details on the film projects are too brief to be of interest to anyone but a Lynch scrapbooker. And the information about meditation is too scant to be of use to anyone with an interest in starting. David Lynch: New Paintings, James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, California, August 12–September 2, 1989.

Muchnic, Suzanne. “David Lynch’s art show: gritty, witty and definitely twisted.” Los Angeles Times, 16 September 2009: 1–3. David Lynch. Dreams: A Tribute to Fellini, Maison du diable, Espace culturel de la Fondation Fellini, Sion, Switzerland September 8–December 16, 2018. A unique reading experience; more experimental novel than straight up biography. Which is most welcome and entirely appropriate...An endlessly fascinating work that invites multiple readings.’ Future of the Force

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Lynch has stories to spare and it may be that this is the closest most of us get to spending time in his company...The book is both salve and distraction. All but essential for Lynch fans.’ Ferguson, James. “Twin Arts: David Lynch’s paintings are as dark as his films.” Financial Times, 17 March 2007: 6–7. David Lynch: Lithos 2007-2009, Musée du dessin et de l’estampe originale, Gravelines, France, June 27–October 17, 2010. (Catalogue)