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The Log(s)
What were once majestic Douglas Firs are now logs. What were once logs are now lumber -- after processing through the Packard Saw Mill. And what was once lumber are now buildings, homes, offices, hotels, restaurants, and bars. Having grown up in the Pacific Northwest, David Lynch is fascinated with the area's logging industry (you may recall that Blue Velvet was set in Lumberton -- more like Lynch's Spokane than Seattle or places in Western Washington). The big log that appears in the opening credits sequence for the Twin Peaks premiere (later omitted in the shorter, series credits) is alongside the road near Snoqualmie. The log near which Laura Palmer's body is discovered, wrapped in plastic, is on the beach in front of the Kiana Lodge near Poulsbo. Logs themselves are corpses. And they hide secrets. Some are more watchful than others. And some, like that belonging to the Log Lady, do not judge.
Above, the Log lady makes her entrance (in the pilot episode), flicking the lights and shooshing Twin Peaks citizens at a town meeting. Agent
Cooper: Who's the lady with the log? And, of course, Laura Palmer's secret diary is not only written on paper made from logs but is, itself, a log of the last fateful days of her all-too-short life... Next: The Music
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The Log(s)
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