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Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity, a book by film director David Lynch, is an autobiography and self-help guide[1] comprising 84 vignette-like chapters.[2] Lynch comments on a wide range of topics “from metaphysics to the importance of screening your movie before a test audience.”[3]Catching the Big Fish was inspired by Lynch's experiences with Transcendental Meditation (TM), which he began practicing in 1973. In the book, Lynch writes about his approach to filmmaking and other creative arts. Catching the Big Fish was published by Tarcher on December 28, 2006.[1][2][4][5][6][7] The book[edit]The title refers to Lynch's idea that 'ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper'. To Lynch, going deeper means experiencing a deeper, more expanded state of consciousness, a transcendental or fourth state of consciousness,[2] an experience he has during meditation but believes is rare in ordinary daily life.[6] According to Lynch, this experience expands artistic capacity.[4] Lynch tells the reader that initially he did not want to meditate.[4] He relates how he eventually began Transcendental Meditation on the advice of his sister. At the time, he was struggling to complete Eraserhead, his first feature film, and his first marriage was ending. He was out of money with a young daughter to support. Lynch's father and brother admonished him to abandon Eraserhead and become responsible. Lynch started meditation and took a job delivering the Wall Street Journal Windows 10 final rtm download torrent 2017. for $50 a week. Before meditation, he felt empty. When he started meditation, he felt a “weight lifted” and fear and negativity dissolved. He saved money, kept his focus and slowly completed the movie over the next four years, one scene at a time.[1] The lead actor stayed with the project and waited three years for Lynch to complete the film.[4] If you are not familiar with playing around with drivers, you ca do that automatically with. You don’t need to know your Windows OS. Way 2: Automatically install your Gigabyte Motherboard driver Manually installing drivers requires time and computer skills. Gigabyte motherboard network controller driver download. Driver Easy will scan your computer and detect all problem drivers. You don’t need to risk downloading the wrong drivers. Lynch writes about the continuing effects of meditation on his creative process.[4] He explains that his imagination is let loose by meditation and creative concepts surface while he is meditating.[1] He believes that from meditation, he is uniquely open to creative ideas.[6] These ideas inspired the rabbit and Greek prostitute characters in his film Inland Empire.[1] From OJ Simpson’s trial came the idea for Bill Pullman’s character in Lost Highway.[4] Lynch’s creative innocence lends itself to his unconventional casting style. He writes that auditioning actors do not read from his script. Instead, they speak while he considers the possibility of the actor playing a part in the film.[6] Often asked about the seeming conflict between the bliss he feels in meditation and his dark and violent films, Lynch reconciles the seeming disparity. The world is dark, he reasons, and films are stories about the world. Good and evil are components of stories.[4] For Lynch, inner peace and “external edginess” can coexist.[1] Lynch reveals that he does not see the need for an artist to suffer. He does not believe artists have to identify with the emotional characters they create. “Let your characters do the suffering,” is his perspective. Artists can leave suffering behind without sacrificing their “edge.”[2] On the other hand, during a one-time, 30 second consultation, a “shrink” told him that psychological counseling could diminish Lynch’s creativity, causing Lynch to promptly end the session.[6] Lynch believes that meditation is a powerful inspirational tool for children. The book talks about schools where meditation is now part of the curriculum.[6] Lynch says in meditation he experiences an “ocean of pure love, pure peace,” which is “pure compassion.” This gives him the ability to help others in a significant way. All proceeds from the book are donated to the David Lynch Foundation For Consciousness-Based Education and World Peace, which funds TM instruction in schools.[4] Lynch’s book reviews his practical pointers for artists. He mentions the importance of allocating preparation time (i.e., getting set up), and uninterrupted time to create the finished project. He believes a seminal idea is sufficient to start the creative process, which proceeds based on the artist’s “action and reaction.” Likewise, an artist needs to be “receptive to ideas” rather than trying to formulate them. Ideas start as “fragments,” which attract other ideas. Blue Velvet, for example, started with the thought of red lips, green lawns, and the song by Bobby Vinton. Lynch opines that the artist’s intuition guides the creative process so he knows if his direction is right. Artists need to be fully equipped (with appropriate work space and tools) to quickly harvest their fresh creative impulses.[2] Lynch feels strongly about digital video, saying he will not go back to film.[2] He is developing a web series for On Networks based on Catching the Big Fish[8] Catching the Big Fish is also available as an audiobook, with Lynch performing the audio. Reception[edit]According to reviewers, the tone of Catching the Big Fish is “surprisingly gentle,”[4] “folksy” and “direct.”[7] Critics offered differing opinions about Lynch’s coverage of Transcendental Meditation. One commentator called Lynch’s approach predominantly promotional,[2] while another reviewer found minimal proselytizing on the topic.[4] Commentators viewed the 84 vignette-like chapters as entertaining stories, uncontroverted advice,[2] and “an unexpected delight” that unlocks the secret of Lynch’s distinctive imagination.[9] One reviewer observed the seeming conflict between the bliss Lynch experiences in his meditation and his life and the dark, disturbing, and bliss-less films Lynch creates.[6] For another, Lynch’s “gentle wisdom” came across as “encouraging, calming insights into the beyond.”[10] Another perceived deficiency in the book is the lack of details about Transcendental Meditation and how it’s practiced, creating a “tantalizing but unsatisfying” effect[2] and the feeling that the reader is “on the outside looking in.”[6] Ultimately, Lynch’s love of creating films and transcendence along with his unique perspective are seen as themes that his admirers and would-be filmmakers can relish.[4][5] References[edit]
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In Catching the Big Fish, internationally acclaimed filmmaker David Lynch provides a rare window into his methods as an artist, his personal working style, and the immense creative benefits he has experienced from the practice of meditation. Lynch describes the experience of 'diving within' and 'catching' ideas like fish - and then preparing them fo..more
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Jan 31, 2014Paquita Maria Sanchez rated it it was ok
Summary: Stay true to yourself. Let your voice ring out, and don't let anybody fiddle with it. Never turn down a good idea, but never take a bad idea. And meditate. It's very important to experience that Self, that pure consciousness..start diving within, enlivening that bliss consciousness. Grow in happiness and intuition. Experience the joy of doing. And you'll glow in this peaceful way. Your friends will be very, very happy with you. Everyone will want to sit next to you. And people will giv..more
Jul 20, 2018باقر هاشمی rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
در حقیقت ، افراد با تیام از یکدیگر انرژی دریافت میکنند.| رسول نجفیان
این کتاب یک خودزندگینامهنوشته است که مربوز به دورهای خاص از زندگی و کار دیوید لینچه. توی کتابفروشی جلدِ خوشگلش توجهم رو جلب کرد و بعد وقتی دیدم نوشتهی دیوید لینچه، گفتم حتماً یه چیز خوبی توش پیدا خواهم کرد. و البته بیشتر از یکی، که چندتا هم پیدا کردم. لینچ در این کتاب راجع به زندگی حرفهایش صحبت کرده و تجربیات سازندهای که در زندگیش داشته. از اینکه ایدهی فیلمها چطور به ذهنش میرسیدن و بعضی جاها هم از خاطراتش میگه. اما از همه مهم تر..more
Waste of time. This Transcendental Meditation-proselytizing piece of horseshit provides no insight into Lynch; for all the time he spends meditating, you'd think he'd be more reflective. Instead, we get chapters like this:
'How does meditation get rid of negativity? Picture it this way: You are the Empire State Building. You've got hundreds of rooms. And in those rooms, there's a lot of junk. And you put all that junk there. Now you take this elevator, which is going to be the dive within. And y..more
Jan 03, 2008Alfred rated it really liked it
I recommend listening to this in the Audiobooks version. I listened to it on my iPod and it put me in a great place. David Lynch has this great soothing monotone voice that radiates the sincerity and peacefulness of his message. It's sort of like the first time I heard Jimi Hendrix speak..it's like how can a man whose art contains such darkness and violence come off as so soft and loving and sensitive? But I guess that's why they call them artists.
This book reaffirmed my desire to meditate. If..more
Mar 04, 2019Amirsaman rated it did not like it · review of another edition
این کتاب را به همهی کافهچیهای عزیز پیشنهاد میکنم؛ به همهی روشنفکران عزیز و نیز موفرفریهای هنرمند.
قطعاتی کوتاه، در باب آرامش و سینما، متناسب با مغز کوچک مخاطب، مبادا که وی را کسل گرداند. و اما برای من عجیب این است که لینچی که کلهپاککن میساخت، چنین تفکر سطحیای دارد در سال ۲۰۰۶. پیشتر هم کتابی از همین نشر بیدگل دیده بودم بنام «یادداشتهایی در باب سینماتوگرافی»، که برسون در آن جملات کوتاهی در باب هنر و سینما سروده بود، که از فرط پرتوپلا بودن بیشتر به لطیفهای هنری شبیه بود. امان از بیدگل. امان از وقتی یک..more
Oct 11, 2017Antigone rated it liked it · review of another edition
A wisp of a book - square in shape and on the smallish side, text gone rogue throughout. A few pages contain mere paragraphs, some a modest few lines. It's what you might expect from an artist on the subject of his process, especially when the muse is inextricably intertwined with transcendental meditation. This is David Lynch's attempt to explain his approach to craft, be it film or art or woodworking, and the manner in which he intuits direction; navigating the course of his passions through t..more
Nov 04, 2007Don Roff rated it it was amazing
Recommends it for: Any who wish to expand their creativity
David Lynch has always been an inspiration to me. His films, of course, but also his painting, his carpentry, and even his unfilmed scenarios like RONNIE ROCKET and ONE SALIVA BUBBLE are beautiful mysteries waiting to be uncovered. And now, a book.
Though Lynch doesn't consider himself much of a writer 'I have trouble with words' he admits, this book went a bit deeper than much of the work he has previously displayed to the public. I say book, however, I listened to the audio book, read by Lynch..more
I bought this book randomly in an airport bookstore in Japan on my way back from a trip to Thailand. I've always been a fan of David Lynch's tv and film work and had heard that he is into TM and even had started a school about it. I was intrigued. I love this little book. The chapters are short - most just one or two pages. They are about art, movies, ideas, conciousness, enlightenment, meditation, Bob's Big Boy and more. They are funny and surreal and its kind of like having a conversation with..more
Dec 13, 2018Armin Mohammadi Asl rated it liked it · review of another edition
یک نفس خواندمش. مونولوگ نبود، دیالوگی بود که در آن یکی از طرفین که من خواننده باشم، سکوت کردهام، گاهگاهی در حاشیه صفحات چیزهایی مینویسم، کوچک.
یک سوم ابتدایی کتاب، بخشی که در باب تجارب لینچ از مراقبه بود، بسیار جذابتر از باقی کتاب بود. لینچ، با دیدگاهی هرمنوتیکی، اثر هنری را خودبسنده و حیاتمند میداند اما مهمتر، ادعای او مبنی بر آنکه حتا اگر نفمیم، درک کردهایم و بیش از آنچه میدانیم، فهمیدهایم برایم جالب توجه بود. لینچ، بسیار از مراقبه میگوید، میستاید و به آن دعوت میکند. من ممانعت ذهنی عجیبی در برا..more
Mar 21, 2018Nora|KnyguDama rated it really liked it · review of another edition
David Lynch, kaip tikriausiai ir dauguma, pažinau dėka 'Tvin Pykso'. Šį serialą dievinu jau nuo vaikystės. Tuomet, žiūrėdavom jį kartu su sese, vėlai vakare, gavusios tėvų leidimą 'naktinėti'. Būdavo taip baisu, taip nejauku, bet kartu ir taip įdomu! Bobas (serialo gerbėjai tikrai supras apie ką kalbu) iki dabar man siaubą varo.. Tos paklaikusios akys, iškreipta šypsena ir per ilgi, žili plaukai. Tiktų tikriausias demono, pamišėlio, įsikūnijusios baimės simbolis. O žinot kaip Lynch pasirinko bū..more
May 20, 2018Pooriya rated it liked it · review of another edition
دیوید لینچ در این کتاب سعی داره از تجربیاتش در مورد مدیتیشن حرف بزنه. شاید در نگاه اول کل فصول کوتاه کوتاه مرتبط با مدیتیشن نباشه اما دقیقا سعی داره بگه ایدههای آثارش چطور براش هویدا میشن و چطور مدیتیشن در طول روز و زندگی روزمره بهش کمک کرده. لینچ از شیرجه عمیق به درون خویش حرف میزنه و ما رو تشویق میکنه برای زندگی بهتر، دنیایی بهتر، شکوفایی و خلاقیت به مدیتیشن رو بیاریم و خودش هم بنیاد خیریهای تشکیل داده که کمک میکنه به مدارس مناطق مختلف آمریکا برای رسیدن به آموزش آگاهی محور و صلح جهانی از طریق..more
david lynch read this to me (on my ipod). does that count as reading it? it pretty much kills me. it has become regular car reading.
The idea of meditation never appealed to me. First, I had doubts I would be able to meditate at all since I am ‘hyper' 99% of the time. Second, I was afraid to, since I was thinking it could cool me down to the extend I will not be able to return to my ‘hyper’ state (that makes me super productive, coming up with ideas all the time, and I do like being like this). But, reading this book made me seriously reconsider my attitude towards meditation.
“If you have a golf-ball-sized consciousness, whe..more This is not a how-to book. It may inspire and motivate, but it won't inform. Lynch briefly describes the benefits of Transcendental Meditation. Not only will it greatly enhance your creativity, but it will also greatly enhance your life. And there the lesson ends. If you meditate, greatly enhanced creativity just happens. Lynch then spends the majority of the book on various anecdotes about how he came up with specific ideas for various film projects. Essentially, they just happened - because he..more
Jun 11, 2017Pavel Annenkov rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Мой любимый режиссёр рассказывает о том, как он снимает кино и почему важно медитировать.
Feb 17, 2009Paul Greer rated it it was amazing
I recently finished reading this book 'Catching the Big Fish', a very personal account of David Lynch's approach to creativity, and the role that meditation plays in it.
I have often felt that techniques like meditation may result in the bland art, due to lack of 'pain', Mr Lynch is a very good example of how this is not the case. In the book he writes: 'Anger and depression and sorrow are beautiful things in a a story, but they're like poison for the film maker or artist. They're like a vice grip..more
David Lynch! Why are you so charasmatic and brilliant? Is it your hair which is a living masterpiece, or just your complete and brilliant belief in what you do! You are the North Pole to my magnet!
How can you not be sucked into David Lynch's Dyson like hoover? This book should really get a star if it's lucky, but the way its written is so innocent you just want to believe! Its like i'm still hoping Steven Hawkings is going to suddenly build a new body and fly into the room strapped to a jetpack..more
I hoped to find out more about transcendental meditation, after all it inspired Stevie Wonder to create three of the best pop albums ever made. He even sings its glory in his song ‘Jesus Children of America’. The problem is that none of the books about transcendental meditation, for example HH Maharishi’s own ‘Science of Being and Art of Living,’ say anything about transcendental meditation, they all just sing the praises of TM in an almost glassy eyed fervor, this book being no exception. Tm is..more
Dec 10, 2014Marta Urushadze rated it it was amazing
მაგარი როჟაა. მისი ფილმები ისე არ მიყვარს, როგორც მისი ნიჭი და სამყარო. ლინჩი გახსნილია და კოსმოსის მთელი ენერგიები მასში გადის, რადგან მედიტირებს და ბედნიერია.
თუ ასეთი ბედნიერი ხარ და მშვიდობას და სიყვარულს ქადაგებ, შენი ფილმები ასეთი ბნელი და სასტიკი რატომ არისო- კითხეს. ეგ რა შუაშია, გარშემო რასაც ვხედავ და მაინტერესებს, მაგაზე ვიღებ ფილმებსო. მაგრამ თვითონ რეჟისორი აუცილებელი არ არის, რომ ამ გარემოს ნაწილი იყოსო. პირიქით, რაც უფრო ენერგიულია და გაწმენდილი, მით უფრო მაგრად იმუშავებს და თავს..more
'if you have a golf ball-sized consciousness, when you read a book, you'll have a golf ball-sized understanding; when you look out a window, a golf ball-sized awareness; when you wake up in the morning, a golf ball-sized wakefulness; and as you go about your day, a golf ball-sized inner happiness.'
quirky, thoughtful meditations on consciousness, meditation, and the creative process. surprisingly inspiring.
This is great. If you like David Lynch, or if you're a junkie for that stuff where you read about a creative person's habits and ways, this one is sure to please.
He's definitely a believer in transcendental meditation. Which.. I'm curious. I'll be honest, I'm curious. But I'm also skeptical. See, the thing is, I don't have a lot of experience with religion. TM sounds close-ish, or like maybe it provides the good side of religion. But, the things I do have experience with, I think I would say it's..more
Feb 13, 2019Sonja rated it liked it · review of another edition
Ne mogu biti objektivna kad se radi o Linču.
Najviše objektivnosti sam pokazala sa ovom trojkom kojom ocijenih Dejvida Linča. Za mene je Linč jedan od najvećih umjetnika univerzuma. I niko mi ne može reći da je Linč uradio loš film, da serija nije dobra, da su mu slike loše, pa čak i muzika. Može samo biti do toga da taj neko ne shvata njegov svijet. Budimo realni, i nije za svakoga. Ono što mi se dopada u ovoj knjizi jeste način na koji prilazi ideja i kako piše o tome kako ideja raste sama od seb..more
Jun 05, 2017мини тяло rated it it was ok · review of another edition
Линч не е човек на думите, а по-скоро на образите, което си личи и тук.
Бе като цяло можех да мина и без тая книга.
Apr 14, 2013Vanessa rated it really liked it
I am a big fan of David Lynch and his films. My first experience of Lynchian style was a late night showing of his classic 'Blue Velvet', which I went to see at my favourite. We were flabbergasted by the end thinking 'what have we just seen?' And of course, his films and their specific style take some getting used to. All we knew was that we were mesmerised. Feb 04, 2012Niklas Pivic rated it liked it · review of another edition
A fellow fan of Lynch loaned me this book to read, and I have to say that it was a really interesting read. It was nice to be able to get in..more
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While providing some clear, lucid insights into his creative process, how he worked before discovering transcendental meditation, and interesting trivia such as descriptions of happy accidents on how his films are made and what Kubrick's favourite film was ('Eraserhead', according to Lynch), there's also a downside.
Lynch does get me interested in transcendental meditation, but the theme is so regurgitated and repeated throughout the entire book that he feels a bit like a cult member trying to lu..more
Jul 07, 2018Kourosh Ghaniyoun rated it really liked it · review of another edition
كتاب لينچ درباره چگونگي مراقبه نيست. او آزادانه و با مهارت، شبيه به همان رويكردي كه در مورد رسانه سينما به كار مي گيرد، جنبه هاي جذاب و نتايج لذت بخش مراقبه را با خواننده به اشتراك مي گذارد. براي مخاطبي كه اين كتاب ساده و كوتاه را مي خواند، آرامش نويسنده مشهود است؛ او شوقي عميق را بروز مي دهد كه به وضوح حاصل تجربه اي متفاوت است.
گاه به نظر مي رسد كه لينچ از چارچوب هاي كتاب بيرون مي زند: از دوربين هاي دي وي صحبت مي كند، آنجلو بادالامنتي را معرفي مي كند و مطالبي از اين دست را به همان اندازه مراقبه..more
Jul 26, 2017Mack Hayden rated it really liked it
Listened to the audiobook for this one and getting to hear it in Lynch's own voice makes it all the better. Definitely don't go here if you're on the lookout for something clearcut. But I'm pretty sure most people wouldn't even expect that from Lynch to begin with. A lot of great thoughts on meditation, film, dreams, the creative process, and a life spent pursuing mysteries.
Jun 01, 2018Mandana. rated it really liked it · review of another edition
باحال بود؛ ازینا که هی بخونی هی بخونی وقتی مودت بد شد باز بخونی.
Jun 21, 2007Leonardo rated it it was amazing
Read it in one 6 hour flight from LA to NY.
Enjoyable and insightful. Mr. Lynch talks meditation, life and film. Catching The Big Fish Quotes
Aug 03, 2018Joshua rated it it was amazing · review of another edition
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I understand that most books about creativity are ungodly narrations of piffle that are only moderately better than the moral life lessons at the end of an episode of He-Man, but I give David Lynch a pass on this because the man has no reason or cause to bullshit. Ernestness, conviction, and sheer honesty are the defining qualities of Lynch as an artist and the man has never tried to be anything he isn't: which is weird.
This book is a blend of meditations upon his career as an artist, but it's a..more
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Born in precisely the kind of small-town American setting so familiar from his films, David Lynch spent his childhood being shunted from one state to another as his research scientist father kept getting relocated. He attended various art schools, married, and fathered future director Jennifer Chambers Lynch shortly after he turned 21. That experience, plus attending art school in a particularly v..more
“Ideas are like fish. If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you’ve got to go deeper. Down deep, the fish are more powerful and more pure.They’re huge and abstract. And they’re very beautiful.”
“We all want expanded consciousness and bliss. It's a natural, human desire. And a lot of people look for it in drugs. But the problem is that the body, the physiology, takes a hard hit on drugs. Drugs injure the nervous system, so they just make it harder to get those experiences on your own. More quotes…
I have smoked marijuana, but I no longer do. I went to art school in the 1960s, so you an imagine what was going on. Yet my friends were the ones who said, 'No, no, no, David, don't you take those drugs.' I was pretty lucky. Besides, far more profound experiences are available naturally. When your consciousness stars expanding, those experiences are there. All those things can be seen. It's just a matter of expanding that ball of consciousness. And the ball of consciousness can expand to be infinite and unbounded. It's totality. You can have totality. So all those experiences are there for you, without the side effects of drugs.”
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