If you’ve ever seen a David Lynch film (Blue Velvet, Mulholland Dr., Lost Highway) or show (Twin Peaks), I’m sure you’ve wondered where his totally surreal ideas come from, right? Lynch is currently promoting his new book, “Catching the Big Fish,” which is about the influence of transcendental meditation on his life and creativity. I …
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The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
I have just emerged from my first foray into Japanese literature (translated into English, of course). Six hundred pages of surrealism and Japanese symbolism has me worn out, but I’m glad I made the effort. To save you from reading my own synopsis of the novel, here is what is written on the back of …
In the Last Hour
An hour ago, I awoke to the bright sunshine streaming through my bedroom windows, feeling thirsty and noticing a slight headache from too many glasses of red wine at Dave’s fabulous housewarming party last night. It seemed too early to get out of bed, given we didn’t venture home from the festivities until the wee …
La La Me Me
Feeling like I haven’t written anything in awhile, but still too worn out from my cold and a crazy work week (does trying to meet a last minute IRB deadline sound familiar to anyone?) to write anything creative. So to entertain you, I did this fun meme that I saw on hula seventy’s blog awhile …