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A Star-Studded Celebration Stella McCartney and Fern Mallis Receive Humanitarian Awards BY Lisa Burwell PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF David Lynch Foundation
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ust the mention of Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead, and Blue Velvet can send David Lynch’s fans into a frenzy of adoration. The Guardian echoed that sentiment, referring to him as “the most important filmmaker of the current era.” This filmmaker, artist, musician, actor, photographer, and philanthropist has had his sights set on goals loftier than just making an indelible mark on the entertainment industry. Renaissance man Lynch is also a longtime student and teacher of Transcendental Meditation (TM), spreading peace and wellness to as many people as he can with his eponymous foundation. “I started practicing Transcendental Meditation in 1973 and have not missed a single meditation ever since. Twice a day, every day. It has given me effortless access to unlimited reserves of energy, creativity, and happiness deep within. This level of life is sometimes called ‘pure consciousness’—it is a treasury. And this level of life is deep within us all,” he opines on his foundation’s website. He adds, “But I had no idea how powerful and profound this technique could be until I saw firsthand how it was being practiced by young children in inner-city schools, veterans who suffer the living hell of post-traumatic stress disorder, and women and girls who are victims of terrible violence.”
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On May 8, the David Lynch Foundation (DLF) hosted the second annual Women of Vision luncheon. International fashion and design consultant Fern Mallis and fashion designer Stella McCartney were honored with humanitarian awards for their contributions to the fashion industry and tremendous support of women in need. Tickets for the star-studded event, held at swanky 583 Park Avenue, started at a thousand dollars each. Proceeds help fund a New York City initiative to teach Transcendental Meditation (TM) to women survivors of domestic abuse and sexual assault. Rosanna Scotto of Good Day New York hosted the luncheon alongside DLF director Bob Roth, author of Strength in Stillness: The Power of Transcendental Meditation. Scotto, who also practices TM, spoke with Roth about her life before meditation: “I was anxious, angry, unhappy, stressed out, frenetic. And that was just before breakfast. Now that I’ve learned
