I once heard Terry Gross interview the celebrated filmmaker David Lynch interviewed on her program, NPR’s Fresh Air. Gross asked Lynch something about what he does when he makes a movie and Lynch responded, “When I work on a movie, I don’t really know what I’m doing.” I loved hearing that. When the amazing David…
Creativity thrives in the unknown. I once heard filmmaker David Lynch interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air. When host Terry Gross asked him about his process for making movies, Lynch replied that he “doesn’t really know” what he’s doing when he makes a film. That admission struck me. Here’s David Lynch—one of the most visionary directors…
Many years ago, a friend talked me into attending a creative writing workshop. Since I’d never done anything like that before, I had no prior expectations. I was totally unprepared for what happened. We were given some topic to write about, I put my pen to the page and I found myself writing a fantasy-fairy…
David Lynch, the legendary director of films like The Elephant Man and Eraserhead, was once asked by Terry Gross on Fresh Air what he does when he makes a movie. After a long pause, he replied, “You know, when I’m making a movie, I don’t know what I’m doing.” Of course, something is guiding him,…
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