Reason being, society is constantly starving for some form of discovery, the problem is that it’s often spoon-fed these revelations, namely through technological means. It’s an experience that says as much about the mind of the curator as it says about the world at large.

That sense of experimentation is something that’s been sorely missing from music festivals across the board, which is why Lynch’s Festival of Disruption is such an exciting prospect for the festival industry. But you have to remember, that perspective belongs to you, and no one else, and that’s a vital element of any search, because if it were the other way, and things were black or white, well then life would get very dull very fast. It’s a practice that’s informed his work since the very beginning the idea of searching, of finding something, and walking away with a new perspective. Decades later, that belief hasn’t changed: Tinkering, thinking, prodding, and pulling at the seams all bring a smile to the auteur’s face.

“I believe in a family-type atmosphere, where people are free to experiment,” a boyish David Lynch says toward the end of Guy Girard’s fascinating 1989 TV documentary, Don’t Look at Me.

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