As for the why David Lynch deigned to do this, the man explained his reasoning in a tweet. Series creator Mike Henry asked him to do it.

Many of Lynch’s movies travel from a familiar outside world into a strange inner one. The structure of “Room to Dream,” which alternates between third-person accounts of Lynch’s life written by Kristine McKenna,

The late director’s best work prioritized puzzles over solutions.

A few parting thoughts on one of the greats.

I’ve never been much of a Lynch fan. I’ve loved some of his works. Loathed others. Confounded by much of it. Yet I found the sadness of the news distracting. For now, our culture has lost a truly original guy who stuck to his vision despite controversies and detractors.

When David Lynch died last week, it was almost hard to know whom exactly to mourn. He was a Renaissance man: musician, painter, meditation instructor, YouTube personality. Most, of course, mourn him as a filmmaker, the medium in which he left his most indelible mark. But I mourn him as a neighbor.