"Oh, a moving painting. But with sound."
Thursday, October 14, 2021 at 9:00AM
NATHANIEL R in David Lynch, Directors, HBO Max, documentaries, streaming

I was painting a painting about four foot square. It was mostly black but it had some green plant and leaves coming out of the black. And I was sitting back, probably taking a smoke, looking at it and from the painting, I heard a wind and the green started moving. And I thought, 'Oh, a moving painting. But with sound.' And that idea stuck in my head, a moving painting.

David Lynch on discovering his calling at art school in Philadelphia in David Lynch - The Art Life (2016) currently streaming on HBOMax

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