i met david lynch tonight
At the Hudson Union Society.
rob came with me, and dressed nicely, and was polite, and opened the car door for me, and let me go first, and was generally a well-mannered person. it was nice. not a date, at all (although he asked me out after), but it’s nice to be shown respect.
i took notes. everything was something i wanted to hear. delightful. lynch is charming and down to earth and compassionate and lovely.
i really enjoyed it. i laughed out loud several times.
after, i asked to shake his hand, and i thanked him for his work teaching prisoners and high risk kids and the homeless to do TM. he gasped at my birthmark and called it beautiful, and cosmic, and told a story of his son’s similar (but smaller and red) birthmark. it was a wonderful moment. i was elated to meet someone i admire so very much. i was elated to meet him, specifically. he is remarkable in his description of film. i will have to try to transcribe my notes, which are very messy and probably illegible.
it was a wonderful night.
