david c. porter (NTTN)
@davidcporter.net
no audio, just lights. / writes http://gardenscenery.net / edits @keep-planning.net / buy NTTN: https://www.organ.fail/product/nttn/
now in Garden Scenery, a triptych about animals
3 Animal Scenes
A triptych about animals.
gardenscenery.net
January 15, 2026 at 7:58 PM
now in Garden Scenery, a triptych about animals
fun fact: there have been 59 movies made so far in the 21st century!
January 15, 2026 at 3:55 AM
fun fact: there have been 59 movies made so far in the 21st century!
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#030 – "In Point of Fact I Do Not Want the Other One Gone" by Audrey Snow Matzke (@audsnowmat.bsky.social)
KEEP PLANNING – Audrey Snow Matzke
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January 13, 2026 at 10:57 PM
#030 – "In Point of Fact I Do Not Want the Other One Gone" by Audrey Snow Matzke (@audsnowmat.bsky.social)
wrote about the responsibilities of art, and about a great film by Ernie Gehr
Art Should Remind You That Life is Interesting
On Still (Ernie Gehr, 1971)
gardenscenery.net
January 12, 2026 at 7:57 PM
wrote about the responsibilities of art, and about a great film by Ernie Gehr
realized i hadn't made a letterboxd list of my favorite stuff i watched last year so i went ahead and did that. if there's any movies on here you haven't seen you should make this the year that you watch them
best first watches 2025
good year by this metric and not many others. alphabetical order, list is as long as it needs to be. wrote briefly about many of these films here. deleted from lb: the netsilik series (quentin brown, ...
letterboxd.com
January 11, 2026 at 6:50 AM
realized i hadn't made a letterboxd list of my favorite stuff i watched last year so i went ahead and did that. if there's any movies on here you haven't seen you should make this the year that you watch them
Zookeeper Got a Thorn... and the Monkey Became the Doctor
January 9, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Zookeeper Got a Thorn... and the Monkey Became the Doctor
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wrote about what happened yesterday
Nothing Has Changed
Today is Thursday, January 8th, 2026.
gardenscenery.net
January 8, 2026 at 8:26 PM
wrote about what happened yesterday
well, it's a week into the New Year. time to post my lists
The 2025 Lists Post
I'm sure you can guess what this is.
gardenscenery.net
January 7, 2026 at 9:17 PM
well, it's a week into the New Year. time to post my lists
beautiful meltwater stream i saw on my walk today
January 7, 2026 at 7:52 PM
beautiful meltwater stream i saw on my walk today
thrilled to announce that Keep Planning is now home to the iconic Isabel Pabán Freed's classic essay series "The Intrepid Reporter" – check out the whole thing, all on one page, right here, right now
#029 – "The Intrepid Reporter" by Isabel Pabán Freed
KEEP PLANNING – Isabel Pabán Freed
keep-planning.net
January 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
thrilled to announce that Keep Planning is now home to the iconic Isabel Pabán Freed's classic essay series "The Intrepid Reporter" – check out the whole thing, all on one page, right here, right now
Reposted by david c. porter (NTTN)
#029 – "The Intrepid Reporter" by Isabel Pabán Freed
KEEP PLANNING – Isabel Pabán Freed
keep-planning.net
January 4, 2026 at 9:59 PM
#029 – "The Intrepid Reporter" by Isabel Pabán Freed
now in Garden Scenery, for the new year, a story about a man who once owned a car, a long time ago
The Former Car Owner
A story about driving different places.
gardenscenery.net
January 1, 2026 at 7:09 PM
now in Garden Scenery, for the new year, a story about a man who once owned a car, a long time ago
gazing at an ambient sunset >>>
January 1, 2026 at 4:10 AM
gazing at an ambient sunset >>>
now in Garden Scenery, for all readers, a seasonal dramatic miniature
The Yuletide Prayer
A little Christmas drama.
gardenscenery.net
December 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
now in Garden Scenery, for all readers, a seasonal dramatic miniature
wrote 2800 words about some recent releases by one of China’s most interesting working sound artists
Notes on Some Recent Works by Yan Jun
Yan Jun (b. Lanzhou, Gansu, China, 1973) is an artist who works with sound.
gardenscenery.net
December 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
wrote 2800 words about some recent releases by one of China’s most interesting working sound artists
wrote a little piece about going for a walk
An Out-of-the-Way Place
This is an essay about a walk I took on December 16th, 2025.
gardenscenery.net
December 20, 2025 at 9:52 PM
wrote a little piece about going for a walk
just rolled over a bunch of spikes
December 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
just rolled over a bunch of spikes
basically, there's a Vast Skeleton of Life and a Vast Skeleton of Death, and the day they stop fighting that's pretty much that
December 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
basically, there's a Vast Skeleton of Life and a Vast Skeleton of Death, and the day they stop fighting that's pretty much that
now in Garden Scenery, three fictions
Circular Actions / Black Ketchup / The Shakes
3 fictions.
gardenscenery.net
December 15, 2025 at 9:33 PM
now in Garden Scenery, three fictions
flash fiction isn't real and can't hurt you
December 15, 2025 at 1:24 AM
flash fiction isn't real and can't hurt you
i hate "plot twists". everything should happen exactly how i expect it to happen
December 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
i hate "plot twists". everything should happen exactly how i expect it to happen
wrote 2500 words about the best noise album of the year, and its predecessor, and some related matters
Not Heaven
On Sheer Hellish Miasma and Sheer Hellish Miasma II by Kevin Drumm
gardenscenery.net
December 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
wrote 2500 words about the best noise album of the year, and its predecessor, and some related matters
Millions of Slobbering Rats Devouring Their Blasted Out Brains
December 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Millions of Slobbering Rats Devouring Their Blasted Out Brains
just published a new chapbook on Garden Scenery. it's called Some Things I Found in the Shopping Plaza Parking Lot and the Woods Behind, and it's an exploration of the possibilities of the List as a poetic form, and also of the desolation of the American exurbs
Some Things I Found in the Shopping Plaza Parking Lot and the Woods Behind
A poetry chapbook.
gardenscenery.net
December 6, 2025 at 10:42 PM
just published a new chapbook on Garden Scenery. it's called Some Things I Found in the Shopping Plaza Parking Lot and the Woods Behind, and it's an exploration of the possibilities of the List as a poetic form, and also of the desolation of the American exurbs