D.T. Pennington

Writer – Photographer – Creative Coach

Category: Odds & Ends

  • You Should Own Everything on your #SpotifyWrapped

    You Should Own Everything on your #SpotifyWrapped

    • The Universal Reminders

      Because sometimes you wonder if this is all worth it. Because doing your own thing, running your own business, sharing your story, making it matter, and going out of your…

    • Tulum Trash

      Tulum Trash

      I had to nose the ATV gently through the gutter that had formed in the middle of the dirt road. I would have raced right through it, but Carly was…

    • Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Four months, one reading. And I’m not finished yet! Time to flip this over and see what else it can tell me.

    • Create More Than You Consume. Much More. Exponentially More.

      “It actually makes me feel better knowing you’re not doing so great.” This line comes from one of my friends, but there’s no reason to take offense. As it goes,…

    • Consolidation to Reduce Anxiety

      Too many apps. Too many profiles. Too many inboxes. Not enough of the right attention going to the right places. The joke used to be: the first step to any…

    • I Am Bad at Sharing Ideas

      I came across On Idea Hoarding. Damnit, it’s me. Stop hoarding your best ideas. Just put them out there, immediately. This isn’t a new problem, I just have horrible ways…

    $30K paid for the physical recording. But that’s not counting the years of writing that went into it. Every song you hear is someone’s effort, it is someone’s art. When you buy an album, you’re buying a work of art.

  • Notes on Disinspiration Pt. 2

    Notes on Disinspiration Pt. 2

    • The Universal Reminders

      Because sometimes you wonder if this is all worth it. Because doing your own thing, running your own business, sharing your story, making it matter, and going out of your…

    • Tulum Trash

      Tulum Trash

      I had to nose the ATV gently through the gutter that had formed in the middle of the dirt road. I would have raced right through it, but Carly was…

    • Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Four months, one reading. And I’m not finished yet! Time to flip this over and see what else it can tell me.

    • Create More Than You Consume. Much More. Exponentially More.

      “It actually makes me feel better knowing you’re not doing so great.” This line comes from one of my friends, but there’s no reason to take offense. As it goes,…

    • Consolidation to Reduce Anxiety

      Too many apps. Too many profiles. Too many inboxes. Not enough of the right attention going to the right places. The joke used to be: the first step to any…

    • I Am Bad at Sharing Ideas

      I came across On Idea Hoarding. Damnit, it’s me. Stop hoarding your best ideas. Just put them out there, immediately. This isn’t a new problem, I just have horrible ways…

    Perhaps, then, this is what it is to simply live. Create, yes, but continually create into something different. More? Improved? Of the moment?

  • Notes on Disinspiration Pt. 1

    Notes on Disinspiration Pt. 1

    • The Universal Reminders

      Because sometimes you wonder if this is all worth it. Because doing your own thing, running your own business, sharing your story, making it matter, and going out of your…

    • Tulum Trash

      Tulum Trash

      I had to nose the ATV gently through the gutter that had formed in the middle of the dirt road. I would have raced right through it, but Carly was…

    • Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Four months, one reading. And I’m not finished yet! Time to flip this over and see what else it can tell me.

    • Create More Than You Consume. Much More. Exponentially More.

      “It actually makes me feel better knowing you’re not doing so great.” This line comes from one of my friends, but there’s no reason to take offense. As it goes,…

    • Consolidation to Reduce Anxiety

      Too many apps. Too many profiles. Too many inboxes. Not enough of the right attention going to the right places. The joke used to be: the first step to any…

    • I Am Bad at Sharing Ideas

      I came across On Idea Hoarding. Damnit, it’s me. Stop hoarding your best ideas. Just put them out there, immediately. This isn’t a new problem, I just have horrible ways…

    As Apolonia Sokol says, “It’s not about a creation, but a continuation.” Or, as one of my old meathead bosses used to say, “Sure, but what have you done for me lately?”

  • Erecting the Seasonal Gravestones

    Erecting the Seasonal Gravestones

    • The Universal Reminders

      Because sometimes you wonder if this is all worth it. Because doing your own thing, running your own business, sharing your story, making it matter, and going out of your…

    • Tulum Trash

      Tulum Trash

      I had to nose the ATV gently through the gutter that had formed in the middle of the dirt road. I would have raced right through it, but Carly was…

    • Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Four months, one reading. And I’m not finished yet! Time to flip this over and see what else it can tell me.

    • Create More Than You Consume. Much More. Exponentially More.

      “It actually makes me feel better knowing you’re not doing so great.” This line comes from one of my friends, but there’s no reason to take offense. As it goes,…

    • Consolidation to Reduce Anxiety

      Too many apps. Too many profiles. Too many inboxes. Not enough of the right attention going to the right places. The joke used to be: the first step to any…

    • I Am Bad at Sharing Ideas

      I came across On Idea Hoarding. Damnit, it’s me. Stop hoarding your best ideas. Just put them out there, immediately. This isn’t a new problem, I just have horrible ways…

    The world was not golds and oranges. No, those were when everything was tinted with the blue light of computer screens focused on greed.

  • Notes on: The Summer Cold

    Notes on: The Summer Cold

    • The Universal Reminders

      Because sometimes you wonder if this is all worth it. Because doing your own thing, running your own business, sharing your story, making it matter, and going out of your…

    • Tulum Trash

      Tulum Trash

      I had to nose the ATV gently through the gutter that had formed in the middle of the dirt road. I would have raced right through it, but Carly was…

    • Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Four months, one reading. And I’m not finished yet! Time to flip this over and see what else it can tell me.

    • Create More Than You Consume. Much More. Exponentially More.

      “It actually makes me feel better knowing you’re not doing so great.” This line comes from one of my friends, but there’s no reason to take offense. As it goes,…

    • Consolidation to Reduce Anxiety

      Too many apps. Too many profiles. Too many inboxes. Not enough of the right attention going to the right places. The joke used to be: the first step to any…

    • I Am Bad at Sharing Ideas

      I came across On Idea Hoarding. Damnit, it’s me. Stop hoarding your best ideas. Just put them out there, immediately. This isn’t a new problem, I just have horrible ways…

    The drugs keep me upright and focused. Two parts Dexedrine, five parts dextromethorphan, three parts doxylamine, drink it down with some cold coffee and you’re good for the morning. It is nothing any sane doctor would recommend, but the hours melt away and the words pile up and the little checkmarks on my to-do list…

  • Notes On: The Manifesto

    Notes On: The Manifesto

    • The Universal Reminders

      Because sometimes you wonder if this is all worth it. Because doing your own thing, running your own business, sharing your story, making it matter, and going out of your…

    • Tulum Trash

      Tulum Trash

      I had to nose the ATV gently through the gutter that had formed in the middle of the dirt road. I would have raced right through it, but Carly was…

    • Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Spending 2024 with Infinite Jest – Notes on the first readthrough.

      Four months, one reading. And I’m not finished yet! Time to flip this over and see what else it can tell me.

    • Create More Than You Consume. Much More. Exponentially More.

      “It actually makes me feel better knowing you’re not doing so great.” This line comes from one of my friends, but there’s no reason to take offense. As it goes,…

    • Consolidation to Reduce Anxiety

      Too many apps. Too many profiles. Too many inboxes. Not enough of the right attention going to the right places. The joke used to be: the first step to any…

    • I Am Bad at Sharing Ideas

      I came across On Idea Hoarding. Damnit, it’s me. Stop hoarding your best ideas. Just put them out there, immediately. This isn’t a new problem, I just have horrible ways…

    The first draft of every manifesto comes from a place of fear, anxiety, frustration – a position of “fuck this.” A single event – bad traffic, an asshole boss, an absurdly horrible day – and the pressure is let off. The gas burns, the rant begins. Most people rant, rave, have three glasses of wine…