#david lynch tattoo

[leonardcohenofficial]

there’s a great write up by someone on here that i will have to search for in which they discuss how the ultimate evil for david lynch is sexual violence against women (even more severe than murder, which is often auxiliary to that type of specific violence); twin peaks is incredibly soapy—on purpose! lynch and frost are playing with form and content on purpose to examine incredibly difficult subject matter through a (for lack of a better word) more palatable format—which most of the time i think works to its advantage and makes those moments of visible horror so much more effective (i use “visible” rather than “true” or other similar adjectives because the horror is always there, it’s embedded in the entire town, shows up in every generation we see in screen and we watch them grapple with it in different ways, but that’s a separate post)

however—and i’ve talked about this before—i find that once you’ve watched fire walk with me it is so much harder to watch the show because the ignorance of nearly every single member of the town (yes, including cooper) pervades the way the action unfolds. twin peaks viewers knew the premise of the show going in and we get to discover details and information alongside the characters. when albert rosenfield comes in as the only voice of reason and reality, it’s set up to be jarring to both the townspeople and to the viewer. why?

sheryl lee said in an interview, “fire walk with me was very difficult for me to watch… and, emotionally it’s a reminder: this is a movie, but this continues to happen every day and how can we stop it? when i watch fire walk with me now, as a mother, i watch it and i think look at all those signs that were being exhibited. this girl was in danger, and look at all these people that were in her life. what would have happened if someone, somewhere, somehow could have helped or stopped it? that’s hard to watch.”

much has been discussed critically about fire walk with me and whether or not it’s exploitative in the ways that it portrays sexual violence against women. while lynch does not shy away from making that violence visible, it is done so in an attempt to make the viewer examine their own relationship to that violence and how it shows up in their own lives. the audience is forced to think about the ways that they are complicit in how and why these violent acts occur and what they can do to stop it, which is why for many it is an uncomfortable watch. for others, it is a painful (and speaking from my own perspective) necessary watch because lynch didn’t make a horror movie, he made a documentary.

fire walk with me is necessary (in my humblest of opinions) to understand why the pieces that lynch and frost put into twin peaks work. there’s so much backstory to how they weren’t originally going to reveal who laura palmer’s killer was until ABC made them, lynch wasn’t around during much of the second season so things got a little off the rails storytelling-wise, etc. etc. but fire walk with me allows them to tie difficult, often horrifying threads (ben horne unknowingly attempting to have sex with his daughter, the townspeople’s distancing of albert, the hands of random townspeople trembling as BOB attempts to claw back into the material world, the list goes on and on) back to the central thesis of “sexual violence is the ultimate evil, it is completely avoidable, and you have a responsibility to recognize the signs and stop being complicit”

#twin peaks #david lynch #fire walk with me #this is a huge essay but i’ve been really thinking about this lately as even though i love—LOVE—twin peaks (i have a twin peaks tattoo!) it #has been getting really hard to engage with lately and for me this is why; the combination of the fact that FWWM is an incredible #examination of horrific real life violence and because of the ways that we see the ignorance of everyone else (purposefully) put on screen #in short i think david lynch is a master for this reason but man if it isn’t hard (and important! but hard!) to engage with!

[wsbhonni]

You are worthy of love 💖

#i am once again crying about spike aka the eraserhead baby #i always think of him as a two headed calf #my art #eraserhead #eraserhead baby #eraserhead spike #you are worthy of love #posting this before i ruin it with colors #tattoo design #tattoo flash #tattoo idea #horror movie #horror movies #david lynch #horror tattoo #horror movie tattoo

[kathrynnn]

“I’ll see you again in 25 years.”

#twin peaks #fineline tattoo #david lynch #tattoos #black lodge #columbus ohio #art #laura palmer

[wuntrum]

excited to get to the point where i can afford to get a bunch of tattoos ... i crave more ink in my skin

#personal #like cowboy tattoo 👍 snoopy tattoo 👍 #david lynch angriest dog in the world tattoo 👍 #wanna plan a chest tat but need top surgery first. lol

[reanimatedguts]

eraserhead baby tattoo from a dear friend of mine

#Eraserhead #eraserhead baby #David Lynch #horror #horror tattoo #dumb shit

[butterflytrampstamp]

Meanwhile…

ink by @ chrisspencetattoos

Calgary, AB

#tattoo #black and white #black ink #tattoos #twin peaks #Laura Palmer #black lodge #dale cooper #david lynch #inked #fine art #calgary #canada #alberta #fire walk with me #tattoo inspo #tattoo inspiration

[theexorcistiii]

Practicing with the tattoo gun I got for Chanukah

#it came with fake skin that I’ve actually been practicing on but I thought it would be funny to tattoo David lynch on my banana peel

[bangarangbowie]

having to explain my twin peaks tattoo to relatives and strangers is getting old real quick because i don't know how many more times i can call it "that old murder mystery show"

#everyone thinks its biblical?? #how do i explain the borderline parasocial relationship i have with this dead fictional girl to my great aunt #twin peaks #david lynch #tattoos #film

[itkindlystoppedfor-me]

One day the sadness will end.

#twin peaks #david lynch #surrealism #surreal art #laura palmer #dale cooper #tattoo #art #tattoo art

[rbosull]

Got a tattoo of the ‘Log Lady’ from Twin Peaks on my leg. Call it my Leg Lady

#Twin Peaks #tattoo #Twin peaks tattoo #the log lady #my log has something to tell you #david lynch #the leg lady

[akruelkat]

#art #dystopic #david lynch #tattoos #watercolor #poscapaintpens #surrealillustration

[challahbread]

tattoo i got today and inspiration behind it

( primal. - BiS [translated by now defunct site wackisidol.co.uk] // truisms/survival series - jenny holzer // the dream - marc chagall // amy aka spent gladiator 1 - the mountain goats // my skechbook // twin peaks: fire walk with me )

#im gonna be real folks i decided i wanted the truism tattooed and then realized how it resonated throughout my life after #i got Themes and Motifs going on. my lifes a movie baby and it IS directed by david lynch

[gargoylevault]

Just finished all of Twin Peaks + a four hour analysis and felt compelled to make some designs!

#twin peaks #laura palmer #kyle maclachlan #the owls are not what they seem #twin peaks art #agent dale cooper #fanart #fire walk with me #david lynch #tattooflash #tattoos #mark frost #twin peaks fanart #red and black #procreate #Spotify

[lynchian-dream00]

#twin peaks #david lynch #audrey horne #the owls are not what they seem #tattoo style #pin up #fan art #not my art

[afrosheen]

damn fine additions to my twin peaks leg. all ink done by writhe 👞🥧❤️

#twin peaks #tattoos #David lynch #Audrey #Norma #laura palmer #log lady #blerds #self #tattoo

[exileinblonde]

I’m sure most of you know about my David Lynch obsession.  Yes, that means all of it, everything he has ever done, every movie.  The man is a genius.  I am so hype to have these 2 things on there me.  Of course, I plan to get all the decks in the collection and finally they made a real, legit ring made out of real gold, not some ridiculous knock-off.  Pictures to come when they arrive.

#David Lynch #Laura Palmer #Twin Peaks #Ray Wise #Twin Peaks Tattoos #Tim Kern #Laura Palmer Tattoos #Exileinblonde #Fire Walk With Me