"Y'know, you have an idea. It's like when you read a thing and then an image pops into your head, or however that happens. You're seeing a picture in your brain like on TV."
— Murray, Noel
Author
Date
August 17, 2017
Metaphor
"Y'know, you have an idea. It's like when you read a thing and then an image pops into your head, or however that happens. You're seeing a picture in your brain like on TV."
Metaphor in Context
NYT: Can you compare it to picking out notes on a piano until you hear the one that makes the melody?
Lynch: In a way. Y'know, you have an idea. It's like when you read a thing and then an image pops into your head, or however that happens. You're seeing a picture in your brain like on TV. Everybody has this experience. If you've got an idea for a chair, there's a chair. You see it. Then you look closer and you see that it's made of wood. Then you see that it's got, y'know, some cushion on it. And it's a certain proportion. So then when you build a chair you just follow that idea, and that's the way it is.
Lynch: In a way. Y'know, you have an idea. It's like when you read a thing and then an image pops into your head, or however that happens. You're seeing a picture in your brain like on TV. Everybody has this experience. If you've got an idea for a chair, there's a chair. You see it. Then you look closer and you see that it's made of wood. Then you see that it's got, y'know, some cushion on it. And it's a certain proportion. So then when you build a chair you just follow that idea, and that's the way it is.
Provenance
Reading
Citation
Noel Murray, "'I Love Winds': David Lynch on the Sound of 'Twin Peaks'" The New York Times (August 17, 2017). <Link to NYTimes.com>
Date of Entry
08/22/2017
