Steven Spielberg Larry McMurtry Jo Rowling Frederick Remington Nora Ephron James Bama
Just a few of the great artists of our time who are not screwed up in the head. The idea that you have to be fucked up to be a creative genius is as solid as the idea that group practice of TMSP is gonna save the world. Notice how adroitly I revile TM as I make my point about almost anything else. Disclaimer: Such creativity on my part was not cultivated through TM practice. ________________________________ From: authfriend <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, June 1, 2013 5:42 PM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: For MJ and the Turq --- In [email protected], "drpsutphen" <drpsutphen@...> wrote: > > When Lynch is constrained by a more traditional narrative he > does fine with only a little weirdness coming through from > time-to-time. Well, that wouldn't apply to "Twin Peaks," which was quite consistently weird (albeit not always creepy-weird, and nowhere near as weird, from what I've read and heard, as much of his other work) and most certainly not a "traditional" narrative. But (as noted) I thought he did more than fine with it. > But Judy or Share, have you seen "Eraserhead"? There is no > way you can think such a movie comes from a normal mind. > This is a very "sick" movie. You know, Peter, I don't recall having made a blanket endorsement of Lynch's work as coming from a "normal" mind. That would be kinda silly of me, having seen only "Twin Peaks" and, long ago, "Elephant Man." Here I was commenting only on "Twin Peaks" in response to Michael's denunciation thereof. I will say, however, generally speaking, I'm not at all sure that the most inspired and creative artistic work in any medium comes only from "normal" minds. By the same token, I don't believe a mind that doesn't qualify as "normal" is necessarily "sick." And some arguably "sick" minds do indisputably brilliant work (e.g., Van Gogh). Finally, you'll forgive me if I don't accept credentials in psychology as equally valid with regard to critical evaluation of artistic work. > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <authfriend@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], Michael Jackson <mjackson74@> wrote: > > > > > > If you can watch the Twin Peaks series and NOT say that son > > > of a bitch is ill in his feeble mind then there is something > > > seriously wrong with you. > > > > Must be something wrong with me, then. I thought much of > > "Twin Peaks" was brilliant. > > > > And it was must-see TV at the time, too, so I had lots of > > company. > > > > A lot of it was side-splittingly funny. Some of the humor > > was creepy, but dude, this was prime-time network television, > > so obviously it wasn't "ill" enough to make most people > > uncomfortable. > > > > If it made you uncomfortable, fine, you're entitled. But of > > all the possible descriptions of the mind of the guy > > responsible, "feeble" is about the last one that could > > legitimately be applied. > > > > IMHO, of course. > > >
