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There are several correlations between Twin Peaks and William S. Burrough’s novel Cities of the Red Night, published in 1981.

Cities of the Red Night makes specific mentions of Black and White Lodges and features non-linear plotlines regarding space and time–a key feature of the lodges in Twin Peaks. One of the novel’s protagonists, a detective named Clem Snide, is searching for a missing boy and uses the ancient Chinese text, the I Ching, to aid in his investigation. Likewise, Dale Cooper is investigating the death of Laura Palmer and uses ancient Tibetan methods to solve the murder.

Interestingly, it is rumoured David Lynch wanted Burroughs to play the role of Mayor Dwayne Milford in Twin Peaks, before the role went to John Boylan.

Josie Packard’s death in “Episode 23” (“The Condemned Woman”) is never elaborated upon throughout the serie’s final episodes. After her death, Cooper sees a vision of BOB and Josie’s face becomes morphed into a bedside dresser knob in The Great Northern.

BOB’s appearance seems unrelated to her death, however, Frank Silva revealed at the 1993 Twin Peaks Festival that BOB had taken Josie to The Black Lodge. A scene, featuring Josie sticking her head through The Red Room’s curtains, was filmed but not included in “Episode 29” (“Beyond Life and Death”). In “Episode 27” (“The Path to the Black Lodge”), Pete Martell murmurs “Josie, I can see your face” near the fireplace in The Great Northern’s lobby, suggesting Josie’s soul might be trapped in the wood of the hotel.

One theory suggests half of Josie’s soul (her body) is in The Black Lodge and the other (her face) is trapped in The Great Northern. As her body is only seen in The Black Lodge and her face in the hotel, it is implied she is caught “between two worlds”–sound familiar?

Laura Palmer’s hand gestures in “Episode 29” during The Red Room and Black Lodge sequences represent 90 degree “right” angles. The gestures suggest that the narrative/plot/events about to occur in the Black Lodge will take a new angle, similiar to the use of 90 degree angles in Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. A similar technique was used by David Lynch during the opening scene of Eraserhead.

Laura Palmer’s famous “I’ll see you again in 25 years” line is seen as one of the final episode’s many cliffhangers but Laura and Cooper already met 25 years later… three weeks earlier. Cooper’s dream sequence in season 1, episode 3 (“Zen or Skills to Catch a Killer”) is a vision of their meeting “25 years later,” despite having occured three weeks before Cooper entered The Black Lodge. Time functions differently in The Black Lodge and in a non-linear fashion; this also explains how Annie Blackburn’s spirit visits Laura in Fire Walk with Me.

The Waiting Room’s zig-zag floor pattern indicates a number of things. One is that it is neither The Black Lodge or The White Lodge but somewhere in between. Another is that although it is neither lodge, spirits from both lodges can still access it. Even another is that in season 1, episode 3 (“Zen or Skills to Catch a Killer”), the floor pattern is on Leland Palmer’s jacket, linking him to Laura’s murder.

Thenumber three is an important number in The Waiting Room. There are three chairs, three spirits, three lamps and three main circles of light. In all of The Waiting Room scenes, there are always three spirits in the room. The Waiting Room is also one of the three parts of the extradimensional place; the other two being The Black Lodge and The White Lodge.

Through the darkness of futures past
The magician longs to see
One chants out between two worlds
Fire walk with me

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My piece “The Red Room” was selected by Society6 & Showtime to be included in their 30th anniversary Twin Peaks art event! All pieces were hand selected by DAVID LYNCH!! Such a ray of light this year for me, I’m so grateful to be apart of the event.

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