“We live inside a dream...”
Hypnotic, mystical, heartbreaking, timeless. These superlatives describe the works of both Fleetwood Mac and Twin Peaks; two giants of popular culture that burned bright, but with that success came complications that ultimately led to their end. They were arguably the most popular pieces of media of their time, and their influence can still be felt throughout culture today.
“People can interpret what I do any way they want to” Stevie Nicks once said of her stage persona and song lyrics, a sentiment equally shared by David Lynch:
“When things are concrete… not much room for interpretations. But the more abstract a thing gets, the more varied the interpretation… You get many different ideas as you go along as a detective.”
Interpretation is what allows art to speak to people beyond the artist. But what happens when two pieces of art are interpreted not just through one person, but through each other?
Fleetwood Peaks began when these two sources joined together in my head like synapses and refused to separate. It emerged from the great ocean of the unconscious, where David Lynch himself dives to find those “big fish” ideas. This imagined union slowly took shape in reality as I sculpted music and images from the palate I’d limited myself to. As I stripped away elements and re-arranged them, I began to see more and more connections between these two works, sonically, visually and thematically. Love, tragedy, beauty and magic all emerged from this unlikely partnership, their power heightened and intensified in each other’s reflection, forming a new strange world of rumours and secrets.
Dan Noall, 2024