Hiking Twin Peaks: An Experimental Guide 2-11 Masked Ball [Hero through a Thousand Masquerades[1] [Principle: HQT].]
Halfway [DMT]….
Swirling reflections [RM]…rock motorcycle [AT: HQT]…curve…James….front POV….road sings [sign]…. “35”… “David Duchovny”[2]…. “Masked Ball” [MNT]….hmmm…now “50”….telephone poles….James’ uncertain….. “Caution” on the bridge crossing…speed to [MNT: Signs]…
Sherriff’s department…married woman [Betty Briggs]….[Cooper:] “That’s hard to say.”… [Harry:] “Part of the way the Major operates.”….[Betty:] “Did he leave suddenly?” [WRQ]… clues…non-verbal…[Cooper:] “We were speaking philosophically.” [Principle: LT: HQT: Philosophy specifically addressed on television in the early 90s.]….[Betty: “The fact that you were in the woods is very significant.” [MNT: WRQ LT: HQT]… [Cooper:] “Clearly a man of…[no small] spiritual advancement” [MNT: LT: HQT: Meditation and psychic theme training]…. “Been attempting to contact some [Element that lives] in the woods…[part of his Top Secret Work.” [WRQ]…[Betty: “That’s classified.” [IM: Principle: As form of secrecy as well as organization of your mind, taxonomy of your ideas, and hierarchy of your realities [Principle: LT].]….[Cooper:] “He certainly has Renaissance passion for exploration.” [Principle: LT: AT: HQT: WRQ: Seek Further Inward and Outward!?]… “That is how he sees himself.” [LT: HQT: Principle: Vision as formation of character.]… “There’s no manual for [it].” [IM: MNT: For Twin Peaks? For life? [GT: AT: LT: HQT].]…..collar buttoned to the top… “Keep our eyes peeled.” [IM: FM: Pinkerton National Detective Agency[3]]…. “Garland.”…. Harry watches…“There is a powerful force that exists in those woods.” [HQT: WRQ: What and where are your Powerful Woods’ Forces? [PWF].]….white ribbon…
“Twin Peaks” between Hawk and Andy [MNT: DMT]…red flannel…blue and red books [DMT: AT: LT]….earring shown…green tie white stripe…down left… “Bend, Oregon” [LT: HQT] …Gordon… “These are hard times, but we get through them.” [Principle: HQT]… “It rides poor with me too.” [IM: HQT: Riding, travel, and exploration theme [LT].]… “All a bunch of hogwash.” [IM: AM]… “Started to nose around.” [IM: AM]… “Top dog.” [IM: AM: wolf: HGT]… “It’s”… “Dennis Bryce[son].”… “A good man.”… “No nonsense.” [MNT: Principle: jocoserious: Some nonsense is good, eh? [DMT: Ying Debates Yang].]…[“These people make a living from digging through people’s underwear drawers. We’ve all had our socks tossed around from time to time.” [Principle: HQT].]…“Couple words of advice.” [Principle: LT: HQT]… “Let a smile be your umbrella.” [Principle: HQT]…[Cooper:] “Time to face the music.” [IM: AT: HQT]…music compels…[Principle: MNT]…
FBI Internal Affairs…ax log shot [PTHM: HQT]…old computer [PTHM: Apple]…gun on table [PTHM]…glasses on table [PTHM: FM]…[Roger:] “It’s Showtime.” [IM: AT: MNT: Thanks Showtime!]…[Cooper: “I have no defense. I am complexly confident in the rightness of my actions]…I will pay the price for that.” [Principle: HQT]…three across….trial….tie…red stripe…down left…flag pin [AT: HQT]…[Roger: “A man who doesn’t try: he may be packing feathers where his spine is supposed to be.” [AM: Principle].]…[Cooper:] “I know the moves I am supposed to make and I know the board. I started to focus out beyond the edge of the board [at] a bigger game.” [CHM: GT: MNT: Principle: HQT: WRQ]…[Roger:] “What game?” [GT: WRQ: “The chess-board is the world; the pieces are the phenomena of the universe; the rules of the game are what we call the laws of Nature. The player on the other side is hidden from us. We know that his play is always fair, and patient. But also we know, to our cost, that he never overlooks a mistake, or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance.” –Thomas Henry Huxley[4][Transmitted to me by Robert Anton Wilson…]….[Cooper:] “A sound wind makes through the pines.” [WTM: WRQ]… “The [sentience] of animals.” [AM: LT: WRQ]… “What we fear in the dark and what lies beyond darkness.” [IM: HQT: WRQ]….[Roger: “What the hell are you talking about?” [WRQ]….[Cooper: “I am talking about seeing beyond fear, about looking at the world with love.” [Principle: HQT: Mystical Warrior [MW].]…: … “These are things I cannot control.” [Principle: Serenity Prayer[5]]….firm Cooper…blinks twice… “Cracked a big case.” [IM: HQT]…. “Thanks for your candor.” [MNT: Principle: Gratitude Theme]… “So long fellas.” [IM]…hands together all [PTHM]…stares down…leaves….shot of gun and badge [PTHM: MNT: HQT]…..fade to black and then to…
Red bell…high school steps…red bag and blue book [DMT] and red sweater and hall paint…Donna…flannel…leaning against wall…with book….blue book….meeting at corner with book open [AT: LT]….just edge of another conversation to her right…Mike…paper or book in back pocket…no back pack….Nadine gum….gum out…pyramid on back of book [WRQ: HQT]… “Catch ya later.” [IM: HQT]…locker open….
James back… “Up and over.”…log truck… “Wallie’s”…sports car… “Genuine Draft.” [FM]… “Hideout.” [HQT]….red and blue to left [DMT]…..leather gloves down [PTHM]… “KO” and “BS” on post. [Principle: Keep Out Bull Shit: RAW: Common Rider “Rough Redemption”: “Dismiss the Bullshit and Let the Energy Flow”][6] [DBLEF].]…ring on pinky [PTHM]…[Mrs. Marsh:] “Some place you are going to or running from?” [MNT: WRQ: HQT]….crying heart above James [MNT]….red jukebox in between…. [James:] “I’m only quiet on the outside.”… “Twin Peaks.”… “Nice jacket.”…red One Eyed Jack’s style…[Mrs. Marsh:] “Somebody squeezed me on the highway.” [IM]… “Sean was here.”….also on other post…eye brows…head shake….[James: “Mind if I] play the box first?” [Principle: AT]…. “I don’t exactly punch a clock myself.” [IM: HQT]…jukebox….neon around…stool up…rainbow colored lamp….up shot to box….organ….hair toss…Christmas lights…fire extinguisher on right [PTHM: FRT: Love]…symbol on post to left of her….head on box…fade to black…to…
Flowers [FLM: “Lucy”]…[Dick:] “Little Nicky” [WRQ: Almost a decade before Little Nicky (2000)[7]]… “My charge.”….. “From Helping Hand.” [IM: PTHM: Principle]…sweater with lines with more lines and jacket….light reflection [RM]…. “On our way for a malt.” [FM: Americana]… “Milford Wedding.”…smiles…to…
Coffee pouring [FM]….Cooper….trophies top of Harry [HQT]… “The giant said a path is formed by laying one stone at a time.” [Principle: WRQ: HQT]…arms crossed Hawk [PTHM]…he knows White Lodge [NAM: Native American Sweat Lodges and Mythology[8]]…close Hawk…music… [“Cooper, you may be fearless in this world, but] there are other worlds.” [Principle: WRQ: HQT]….dart board ….[Cooper: “Tell me more.” [Principle: LT: HQT].]…game [GT: MNT: Game Worlds]….[Hawk:] “My people believe…[the White Lodge is the] place where [the] spirits that rule man and nature reside.” [NAM: WRQ]….[Harry: “Local legend, goes way back.” [Principle: LT: WRQ: HQT]… [Hawk:] “There is also [a] legend of the Black Lodge…[the] shadow self on the White Lodge….[Legend says that every Spirit] must pass through on its way to perfection” [Principle: LT: HQT: Jung’s Shadow[9]… “[There] You will [meet] your own shadow self.” [Principle: shadow =[10] MNT: WRQ: HQT]…. “My people call it the dweller on the threshold.[11]”… “If you confront the Black Lodge with imperfect courage, you will utterly annihilate your soul.” [WRQ: HQT: Initiation, Separation and Return[12] [ISR].]….cut to…
Phone in [Cooper: “Oakland…one of the finest minds in the DEA.”] ….smiles now…contrast…this part………exactitude is necessary here…Jungian connection…[Consider:] “Local Legend”… “We’re in very good hands.” [MNT: “Helping Hands”: PTHM]….Cooper…. “It’s a long story.”…handshake [PTHM]…smiles…hand out…Hawk nods…hand out shakes the air…trophies to the right and then to right similarly of Cooper [HQT]…..red lipstick…. “I believe I am being set up.” [IM: GT: HQT]… “Never to judge too quickly.” [Principle]… “I want to tell you all about my new life.” [DMT: LT: HQT]….extra stare for Harry and slight from Hawk…looks back …… “That’s a good color for him.” [Principle: IM: MNT: AT]….
“240”….on leg press…Mike… “We’re #1” on wall [MNT: Principle].….red and blue [DMT]…curls…on bench contemplation curls [Principle: LT: HQT]…wrestlers’ chalk board…. “600” on weight…all red on bench…huge dude is coach….now they are working….slams weight down upon wrestling team question….parallel between DD [David Duchovny’s character name and Nadine: DMT] and her character….gender roles…
Motorcycle above Josie’s bed [AT: HQT: MNT]….all same color clothing….jukebox and just the edge of an Asian portrait? Blanket [AT]…finger ends on cross white [PTHM]…lamp design on headboard [AT: LT: Illumination: Map]…[Josie:] “The Truth.”…[“Hong Kong”…Thomas Eckhart…took me off the streets…I was lucky…taught me about life…about business…my father, my master…”… “The less you know, the better.” [Principle: LT]….face of stone looking like Twin Peaks’ Easter Island totem [AT: WRQ: HQT]…pondering the distance… “Seattle”… “Rather die than go back to that monster.” [HQT]… “Let ’em try.” [IM: HQT]…fade to black…
[Roger] coffee ….in paper…pie [FM]… “Twin Peaks”…[Norma:] “You won’t be disappointed.”…he is wearing fatigues [MNT: Hank: “It was a little fatiguing.” [Norma is disappointed].]…[Norma:] “Catch anything?” [MNT: IM: “Catch ya later”]….[Ernie:] “I hope not.” [MNT]…cross shown… “12-point buck [standing by a deep water pool.]” [AM: GT: HQT]….man walks by…..river to his left….[Hank: “Hey buddy, what’s with the long face?” [IM]…. “Better for you buckaroo.”[13] [LT: HQT]… “You don’t let the ball and chain get in the way, do you?”… “Better hit the phone hotrod, we’re on a deadline.” [Principle: HQT].]…
Another scene to left….red on it… “French onion” [FM]….[Andy] “Looks [just] like White Tail Mountain.” [FM: HQT]…whipped cream…[Dick:] “Simply ripping.” [IM]…red stool…spun Andy off [GT]…. “Gosh darn it…Anyway.”… “Uncle Andy went funny boom boom, didn’t he?” [MNT]…to…
Tudor…trophies [HQT]…cars in between…Mrs. Marsh…Gatsby car [AT: LT]… “1948.”…. “The most unique and beautiful toys. [They have to be perfect.]” [Principle: LT: HQT]…sweater for James [“I guess I am not so interested about how my bike looks as I am in where it can take me.” [Principle: HQT].]…[Mrs. Marsh:] “Where do you want to go?”…[James:] “It’s not really a place; it’s a feeling.” [Principle:]…. “Punch out the headlights [and just] rocket blind into the dark.” [IM: HQT]…light purple rag…hands don’t stop moving [PTHM]…[“I’d enjoy the company]…It’s settled then.”… “I’ll leave you to it.”….blinks blinks blinks….to…
Movie camera [AT: MNT]… “Developing” [Image: MNT: AT]… “The Great Northern Hotel”…pines…..cigar [FRM: FM]…. like father like son….flannels and glasses…shiny shovel [PTHM]…alcohol [FM]…red on desk…[Horne: “Now is the winter of our discontent…”[14] [SHM: AT: HQT].].…white animal to right [AM]…mom is kissed……on sage… “Victorious wreaths” [SHM: AT: HQT]….Horne…[Hank:] “A stag party, and I wasn’t [even] invited!?” [IM: AM]…Horne with bus tie [AT]…face in between…[Horne on Catherine:] “Not a happy camper.” [IM: HQT]…slinky…gyroscope?… Laura Palmer black and white pic… “A real business enhancer.” [Principle]…. [Hank:] “Tough week, Ben.”…[Ben: “Think the furniture in this room is adequately arranged. I have been toying with the notion that if one could find the perfect arrangement of all objects in any particular space, it [could create a resonance, the benefits from which to the individual dwelling in that space could be extensive, could be] far reaching, far reaching.” [Principle: LT: WRQ: HQT: MNT: Like a Tibetan singing bowl from Nepal: Twin Peaks: Feng Shui]… “That’s fascinating, Ben, really.”…Hank… “Here’s how it is.” [IM: Principle: LT: HQT]…. “There’s been a friendly takeover.” [IM]…[Ben:] “Under my employ….have the gall to tell me.” [IM: HQT]…right pinky ring [PTHM]…domino… “A psychopath.”… “You, my friend, are dancing with the devil.” [IM: WRQ]… “Ben, you’re a nut.” [IM: FM]…. “Life is change.” [Principle: LT: HQT: First Noble Truth remixed to explain why life is suffering.]…. “Don’t patronize me, you goon.”… “You’re out, Ben” repeated…[Ben madly] mocks him…laughing….throwing…hand shadows [PTHM: GT]…elk….
Mail on duck desk up to Cooper [AM]… “Windom Earle”…red and blue curtains… “Pro Q4” [GT: HQT]…fish [AM: Catch]….[Earle on tape: “Your predilection for the tidy and fastidious.”…. “Lead[s] us toward a classical confrontation.” [Principle: LT: AT: DMT: Sherlock and Moriarty[15]]… “[But there’s doubt in your mind,] what are my true intentions?” [Principle: HQT: WRQ]…[“How will you answer this time?] Hobgoblins…”]…a not so foolish consistency about consistency… “[Consistency, predictability, giving rise to patterns. We both only know too well how] these patterns leave you vulnerable to attack.” [Principle: MNT: HQT: “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds…”[16]]… “You with your [wounds, I with mine. Let me paint you a picture…” [Principle: IM: AM: HQT]…. “Lanes of power and influence…[Pawns will naturally be forfeit” [GT: Principle: HQT].]… “The King [must die.]”…
Wedding…mountain scene behind [HQT]…blue dress…. “You bet I do.” [IM: GT]…bow tie… “You’re damn right.”… “Gold digger.” [IM: HQT]…. “He’s got one foot in the grave already.” [IM: HQT: Leland jumping into the grave.]….first shot of church has woman stare at the camera and then at the altar…. “Publishing empire.”… “Take er easy.” [IM: Principle]… “Pretty peculiar isn’t it?” [MNT: Twin Peaks, yes!?]…pink…..
Then to phone and message…bathrobe red [Cooper]…diamond…
Accordion [AT]…..blue dress dancing…no tie Cooper…flower wave for David Ducho [FM: PTHM]…Log Lady… “I just love Milford weddings.”… “Sure it looks like a frame, Coop, [but I gonna need more than your opinion to make it stick.” [IM: GT: AT: HQT].]… “That gets into a very delicate area [, but on the other hand,] I am trying to get more in touch with my feelings.” [MNT: IM: Principle]…drums to cake [AT: FM]…[Dwayne Milford:] “Always been a sucker.” [IM: GT]… “Jell-O in her walk.” [IM: FM]…
[Denis:] “It’s really very simple.” [IM: Principle]… “Suburban surveillance.”…pink to left of David Duchovny and to right at DD level [MNT]… “[This is all a pretty] amazing disclosure…”….[Harry:] “Draft.” [FM]….[Bride:] “Laura Palmer case.”…..and dancing [AT]…huge fire above the fire [FRM]…. [Denise:] “Boys will be boys.” [MNT: IM]…
Green behind spacey man…Log Lady… “This cake is delicious.” [FM]….Pete tie…diamond…white and black solid on green…[Dwayne Milford[17]: “Oughta] been the death [march]” [AT: HQT]…. Cooper: “You [just] have to hang on and hope the music takes you there.” [Principle: AT: HQT: MNT]…pan into Andy…then to cigar smoking [FRM: FM]…
[Catherine:] “Utterly destroy my existence.” [MNT: Echoes Hawk’s “annihilation” line earlier.]… “I am at your mercy.” [IM: HQT]…flowers on gown [FLM]….[Catherine:] “Let’s be practical.” [Principle: MNT: Echoes “simple” philosophy]… “What do you propose we do?”…. “You work for me.” [MNT: We do, for you need us and we need you to view.]…parallel to how Hank drops Horne…. “Is that clear?” [IM]…. “Speak!”…lamp of flowers [FLM: AT]…. “Sweet dreams.” [IM: MNT]…three pictures down….right side…anglers by door [HQT]…head nod…[Andrew:] “Everything is going exactly as planned.” [Principle: “I love it when a plan comes together.” Hannibal from the A-Team: HQT]… “Now dear sister.”…black brown tie….fade to black….then to Great Northern… old film [MNT: AT]…panning left….llama on sweater brother’s, Jerry’s [AM]…
[1] “Hero with a Thousand Faces Summary,” Shmoop, accessed
[10] shadow = “As the Sun is the light of the spirit, so shadow is the negative ‘double’ of the body, or the image of its evil base side., Among primitive peoples the notion of that shadow is the alter ego for soul is firmly established; it is also reflected in the folklore and literature of some advanced cultures (35). As Frazer has noted, the primitive often regards his shadow, or his reflection in water in a mirror, as his soul or as a vital part of himself (231). ‘Shadow’ is the term given by Jung to the primitive and instinctive side of the individual.” [DMT]
J. E. Cirlot, A Dictionary of Symbols, trans. Jack Sage (New York:
Philosophical Library, 1962), 277.
[11] “The Dweller on the Threshold,” Esoteric-Philosophy.net,
