Director, artist, auteur, David Lynch, who died today, was a companion who navigated me through adolescence, taught me to see both the horror and beauty in this life – and to judge neither, and showed me that I could embrace my own surreal confusion and tendency to daydream; and harness it creatively.

As otherworldly character, The Cowboy, says in Mullholland Drive [2001]; “A man’s attitude goes someways, to the way his life will be”.

So I always try and remember the Cowboy, and adopt the attitude that will take me to the next place I need to be.

And it seems more relevant that ever to heed David Lynch’s words (spoken in Twin Peaks defending a transgender character against her detractors), that those that would exude hate instead of love should “fix their hearts or die”. A mantra for 2025 if ever I heard one.

Onwards to the infinite consciousness, David.