Why read Catching the Big Fish?

Book cover of Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity

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Musical verse accompanies a milkman and his cranky kitty as they make their morning rounds. The milkman knows his hometown; he knows who needs ice cream for a birthday party, who just broke a leg, and who has a new baby. He even helps return a lost dog that's hiding…

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2 authors picked Catching the Big Fish as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Judith Weston

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David Lynch was not a filmmaker of “weird.” He was a filmmaker of compassion. His chief artistic tool was to embrace his instinctive connection to his subconscious. This slim volume is impossible to summarize.

All I can say is that it relaxed me, centered me, and opened me to a deep permission to pay attention to the impulses of my subconscious mind.

From Judith's list on how actors and directors make audience feel things.

Ib Vindbjerg

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Lynch describes how meditation and the creative process can go hand in hand and offers an interesting insight into his art.

Lynch's contribution to creativity lies not only in his own artistic output but also notably in the establishment of the David Lynch Foundation that can arguably be said to equal the towering importance of his films and paintings.

From Ib's list on creativity and consciousness.