David Lynch memorial event?

[EmilyMiller]

I wanted to float the idea of doing an author-organized event, commemorating the life and works of this peerleas auteur.

I know everyone complains about there being too many events, I’m tentatively proposing this for December 2025 through January 2026 (broadly the anniversary of his untimely death - and also his birth). I know this clashes with existing events and comps (I’m sure an alternate period could be found if necessary).

The idea would be Lynchian stories, everything from Twin Peaks fan fic (does anyone write Eraserhead fan fic?) through to entirely novel work with a Lynchian vibe.

I’ll borrow a definition of Lynchian from The Atlantic:

“[…] a clash between the surreal and the mundane, the innocent and the macabre—a dreaminess whose narrative logic can only be intuited”

Any appetite for this? I accept that writing in the general style of the master would be a challenge.

Oh, and I see this as a one-off tribute, not an annual thing.

Obviously no point even suggesting this to Laurel if it’s not something that grabs people’s imagination.

What do people think?

Emily

 

[PennyThompson]

omg, I don't know if I would even be capable of this... but I would definitely try!

 

[SinclairGroupLLP]

omg, I don't know if I would even be capable of this... but I would definitely try!

There is nobody here who would do this better than you, lol

 

[ElectricBlue]

The idea would be Lynchian stories, everything from Twin Peaks fan fic (does anyone write Eraserhead fan fic?) through to entirely novel work with a Lynchian vibe.

My only comment is that Lynch is cinematic, not literary. I like the idea, but it would be very tough to do convincingly.

 

[KittyOfSteele]

I remember filling an entire 96-page notebook with one non-erotic surreal story a few years ago, which had a similar plot to Twin Peaks and Life is Strange S1: murdered girl, foreign investigator, and the mystery around that girl. Surrealism is something that I still require some practice to do, but it just so happens that I did two surreal short stories recently: one a few days ago, another one just now, like, I finished it just half an hour ago. I didn't take my Bataille pills for these though.

I don't think I'll do a fan fic (let alone an Eraserhead fan fic, like, is it even possible?), but I think I can pull something out for this. I may have to take my Bataille pills.

 

[PennyThompson]

There is nobody here who would do this better than you, lol

Wait, are you suggesting that I'm already Lynchian?

 

[madelinemasoch]

I would love this. David Lynch is my favorite director of all time and one of my greatest creative and personal influences.

 

[StillStunned]

You'll have to count me out, I'm afraid. I know nothing about the man or his work.

 

[MrStill]

Count me into the Red Room on this. Yes.

 

[Kumquatqueen]

Ooh. I have no idea if I'll have time for this, but I'll certainly think about it.

Yes, lots of thinking. Thoughts may involve Audrey, Dale Cooper, Donna and of course some David Bowie. With lots of coffee and damn fine cherry pie...

 

[lovecraft68]

I was just thinking, wow, we could really use another event. I think there's at least a few days of the year nothing is scheduled yet.

Non sarcastically, Lynch is damn cool but doesn't seem conducive to the written word.

 

[Carnevil9]

My only comment is that Lynch is cinematic, not literary. I like the idea, but it would be very tough to do convincingly.

This was my exact thought, too. On the other hand, Lynch himself has said that his movies were more like dreams than stories, so there might be a hook there. I'd certainly be interested in seeing what people come up with.

 

[D_K_Moon]

I could give it a try.