The tone of "Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity" is one of optimism. Lynch is not another California kook who lives in his own little unreal world. On the contrary, Lynch is a world-renowned film maker/director, who has used a particular series of lifestyle choices to help him achieve. Throughout the book, Lynch shows where he began, and how life took him through a series of events that led him to where he is today.