Kimberly Chun, who wrote this week's cover story on the David Lynch tribute show opening this weekend at Spoke Art, decided to revisit some of Lynch's movies in preparation for her story. She found that making sense of Lynch's work - which includes "Twin Peaks," "Blue Velvet" and "Mulholland Drive" - is no easy task.

"I don't recall thinking 'Mulholland Drive' was quite so bizarre, when now, looking at it again, it really, really is," Chun says, "especially the ending with the tiny elderly couple laying siege to Naomi Watts' train-wreck actress."

But how to turn those stories into works of art?

Says artist Matthew Skiff, who focused on "Twin Peaks": "You're following this detective, the main goal is to solve the crime, but you get to know characters and fall in love, and they change and evolve, and you become part of the story, which is something I found really interesting. The mystery becomes the background and the character and their stories become the main focus."

Next week: The Portland Cello Project.

- Andrea Abney, 96 Hours editor