when me and my girlfriend first moved in together, i put on twin peaks with her so she could watch it for the first time. last time i had watched the show was in high school, a time where seeing women like donna and audrey on screen had helped to trigger so many realizations about the girl i was and the woman i wanted to be. when i watched twin peaks with my girlfriend, it was like i got to see the show again for the first time. through her eyes, and her insights, i was reminded again of the things i felt when i was just a teenager. i related to laura palmer, these feelings of being stuck, doomed, impulsive and desperate like an animal in a trap not only because of the people and situations in my life, but because of a greater universal crime i couldn’t hope to control or understand. but through this, i also saw myself in both laura and the woman beside me.
TSTV is in its first couple episodes, but the hosts are insightful and fun and sincere, and listening to their discussion on my walk to work the other day reminded me of a time in my life i think of very fondly, and a work of art that profoundly effected me in my adolescence. so i’m liking it so far!
