4.0

Say what you will about the man, he's certainly a believer in Transcendental Meditation. According to Lynch, not only will the practice lead to more joy and better creativity but, if practiced by enough people, even world peace! Lynch's thoughts and advice on meditation and creativity are refreshingly straightforward and no nonsense.

I found his de-romanticization of the suffering artist and film cameras particularly useful.

"Anger and depression and sorrow are beautiful things in a a story, but they're like poison for the film maker or artist.”

Some of the passages are so brief they passed me by before I realize I'd zoned out and I had to re-listen. I would like to have a physical copy of the book so I could revisit sections at random. The book feels a bit unorganized. I suspect he's moving linearly through his career but the result is topics wavering back and forth between meditation, filmmaking, and creativity. I get the sense for Lynch, they're all deeply connected.