My experience in the Transcendental Meditation Movement in the 1980s soured me on the practice - but a tense conversation with the famed director and artist eventually brought enlightenment

Filmmaker David Lynch was known for an unconventional approach and non-linear storytelling. His name was used as an adjective — Lynchian — to express surreal normalcy. He died today at age 78.

Late filmmaker David Lynch's Transcendental Meditation practice showed the world the role that expanded awareness plays in creativity.