Subject: Winds and Wents From: bpencek@nevada.edu (Bruce Pencek) Date: 1992-09-16, 12:17 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks In article <10340076@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM> brian@hplvec.LVLD.HP.COM (Brian Wood) writes: > >The spirits that are in the wood communicate via wind. Here are some > >supporting arguments: > > > > 1. In the movie, the camera pans down the telephone/power pole with > > the 6 on it as we hear the Indian whooping noise, reinforcing the > > concept that's pretty much been pounded into us that spirits are > > in the wood. (Remember Hawk's comment to the Log Lady that "there > > are a lot of spirits in the wood, aren't there?" from season one). > > > > 2. In season one, Lucy explains that a call sounds like long distance > > because it has that whooshing sound, like wind blowing through the > > trees. > > > > 3. We are given fairly frequent interludes of blowing trees. That > > imagery is not insignificant. > > So is "great went" really "great wind," spoken in French-CAnadian? :-) > >The new reference to electricity has me a little perplexed, but it could > >be that the spirits 'electricity' is the wind. > > > >I am strongly reminded of the Indian legends of the four forces of nature: > >Earth, Wind, Fire and Water. We have seen constant references in the > >series to wind, fire and water, but I can't really think of any related > >to Earth. (Maybe "Save the Pine Weasel"). Any thoughts? > > Don't remember the classical four elements: the same ones, save that it's (no-motion-indicated) air. In any case, caves are in the earth, or a mixture of earth, air, and water, made visible through fire (or electricity) -- Bruce Pencek bpencek@nevada.edu Political Science Dept bpencek@nevada2.bitnet University of Nevada, Las Vegas (702) 739-3307 "Just because I work at UNLV, it doesn't mean I support basketball."