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A Farewell to David Lynch 1: At the Traffic Stop

   Image Source:  Lost Highway  via  Medium . When David Lynch died on 16 January 2025, I stated that I would later comment on his artistic influence on my work . I'll break my thoughts down in a series of posts, not least with reference to my Patreon series on the occult symbolism of traffic lights . Above all, Lynch introduced me to two things that all writers should know when trying to portray our layered reality:   A juxtaposition of dream states, illusions, lies, truth, reality, extratemporal and extradimensional interlopers all in one linear narrative, which is a form of surrealism. Ironically, Lynch also introduced non-linear narratives at the same time to mass audiences, most notably in  Lost Highway ,  Mulholland Drive  and  Inland Empire . My understanding of the first idea - a linear narrative which juxtaposes insanity with sanity, private thoughts, nightmares, illusions, and imaginings with public identity - crystalized ...
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A New Mythology for the Turn of the Millennium: The Podcast

The blog will now begin exploring the power of AI to discuss the stories I have been writing for over a decade and plan now to bring closer to publication. Since AI is considered a universal threat to creators, I will discuss what it means to work with this exponentially-growing medium as a commentator and potential fictional character in itself.
 
To that end, I have a new podcast series about my fictional writing: A New Mythology for the New Millennium. This first podcast was generated by AI and is the start of a new journey, building on the work I did at Histories of Things to Come and on Patreon, Discord and Telegram. It will also profile the millennial characters and storylines in my fiction.
 
The AI voices are a bit weird, but that is part of the exploration. They make conclusions about my writing, a form of odd literary criticism from 'out there.' Link to the playlist. Link to Podcast #1. Can an AI which is commenting on human arts become a critic - or a metafictional character inside those arts? We will see.
 



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