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allyson.'s avatar

courtney everything you write manages to impact me. i am so glad that you exist in the same world as i do. 🤍

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courtney summers's avatar

thank you. the feeling is so mutual, allyson. your perspective and your beautifully crafted newsletters are such a welcome & wonderful thing when they arrive in my inbox, always.

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ash's avatar

Thought of you when I saw this news. Beautifully written. 🖤

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courtney summers's avatar

I appreciate both of those things so much. Thank you.

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Susan S.'s avatar

wonderfully articulated ❤️

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courtney summers's avatar

💗💗💗

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Kristine Campbell's avatar

Bounded risk. What a legacy to have left you and your readers: "David Lynch taught me to name the edge you need your heart to hold you back from, and I began making an effort to take better care of mine."

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courtney summers's avatar

💗💗 let's take his energy forward bc I think 2025 needs it more than any other

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Jen Grisanti's avatar

I love this. It is beautifully written and heartfelt. Thank you! 🙏 ✨

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courtney summers's avatar

I appreciate that. Thank you for reading, Jen.

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Kristen Felicetti's avatar

"His sincerity, his love for and commitment to the creative seemed the underpinning of everything he produced." Absolutely, and this was a beautiful tribute.

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courtney summers's avatar

Thank you, Kristen <3 Let's keep it wild at heart and weird on top for him.

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Dera Luce's avatar

I actually have little connection with David Lynch, but this was a wonderful tribute, thank you. It conveys something important that I can't quite put my finger on...like a dream ☁️🤍

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courtney summers's avatar

oooh! cool people always end up circling each other and I love knowing that there's space where you two connect, no matter how little it was. thank you for this lovely comment and for reading.

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Dera Luce's avatar

What I meant was I don’t know much about him other than, for example, the little connection that I have through you! You are that cool person in the space where we connect :)

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courtney summers's avatar

oh my god 🤯😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💖💖💖💖 excuse me while I go cry while cherishing this comment FOREVER thank you

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Dera Luce's avatar

😄😂💞💞

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Emily Slaney's avatar

That final quote 💖. And yes music is unquestionably allowed to blend genre and now (some) films blend genre with out being pigeon holed into a set category. Why not the same grace for books? Such a sad loss 😔

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courtney summers's avatar

it truly is. there'll never be another one like him, but I love that we're asking the questions and poking at the art that propels them in a way he might have liked 💗

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