Editing David Lynch (section)

== Other work ==

=== Unrealized projects ===
{{Main|David Lynch's unrealized projects}}
Lynch worked on a number of projects that never progressed beyond the [[pre-production]] stage. Some of them fell into [[development hell]] and others were officially canceled.<ref name="Unproduced1">{{cite web |title=David Lynch - Unproduced Works |url=http://www.lynchnet.com/upfilms.html |website=LynchNet}}</ref><ref name="Unproduced2">{{cite web |last=Bachman |first=Mara |date=June 17, 2020 |title=Every Unmade David Lynch Movie |url=https://screenrant.com/every-unmade-david-lynch-movie/ |access-date=November 15, 2023 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Gilchrist |first1=Todd |last2=Saperstein |first2=Pat |date=January 16, 2025 |title=The David Lynch Projects That Never Got Made, From 'Ronnie Rocket' to 'Dune Messiah' and 'Wisteria' |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/david-lynch-projects-never-made-ronnie-rocket-dune-messiah-1236276213/ |website=Variety}}</ref>

=== ''The Angriest Dog in the World'' ===
In 1983, Lynch began writing and drawing a [[comic strip]], ''[[The Angriest Dog in the World]]'', that featured unchanging graphics of a tethered dog so angry it could not move, alongside cryptic philosophical references. It was published from 1983 to 1992 in ''[[The Village Voice]]'', ''[[Creative Loafing]]'', and other tabloid and alternative publications.<ref name="lynch05" />{{rp|109}} Around this time Lynch also became interested in photography and traveled to northern England to photograph its degrading industrial landscape.<ref name="lynch05" />{{rp|109–111}}

=== ''The Cowboy and the Frenchman'' ===
Lynch directed a short film, ''[[The Cowboy and the Frenchman]]'' (1988), as part of ''[[The French as Seen by...]]'', a series sponsored by the French newspaper ''[[Le Figaro]]''. The other directors commissioned for the series were [[Werner Herzog]], [[Andrzej Wajda]], [[Luigi Comencini]], and [[Jean-Luc Godard]]. 

===''Industrial Symphony No. 1''===
While ''Twin Peaks'' was in production, the [[Brooklyn Academy of Music]] asked Lynch and Badalamenti to create a theatrical piece to be performed twice in 1989 as a part of the [[New Music America Festival]]. The result was ''[[Industrial Symphony No.&nbsp;1]]: The Dream of the Broken Hearted'', which starred frequent Lynch collaborators [[Laura Dern]], [[Nicolas Cage]], and [[Michael J. Anderson]] and contained five songs sung by [[Julee Cruise]]. Lynch produced a 50-minute video of the performance in 1990.<ref name="leblancodell" />{{rp|55–56}}

===Painting===
[[File:Lynch's So This is Love painting.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.25|Lynch painted ''So This Is Love'' in 1992.]]
Lynch first trained as a painter, and although better known as a filmmaker, continued to paint. He said: "all my paintings are organic, violent comedies. They have to be violently done and primitive and crude, and to achieve that I try to let nature paint more than I paint."<ref name="lynch05" />{{rp|22}} Many of his works are very dark in color; Lynch said this was because:

{{blockquote|I wouldn't know what to do with [color]. Color to me is too real. It's limiting. It doesn't allow too much of a dream. The more you throw black into a color, the more dreamy it gets&nbsp;... Black has depth. It's like a little egress; you can go into it, and because it keeps on continuing to be dark, the mind kicks in, and a lot of things that are going on in there become manifest. And you start seeing what you're afraid of. You start seeing what you love, and it becomes like a dream.<ref name=lynch05/>{{rp|20}}}}

Many of Lynch's paintings contain letters and words. He said:

{{blockquote|The words in the paintings are sometimes important to make you start thinking about what else is going on in there. And a lot of times, the words excite me as shapes, and something'll grow out of that. I used to cut these little letters out and glue them on. They just look good all lined up like teeth&nbsp;... sometimes they become the title of the painting.<ref name=lynch05/>{{rp|22}}}}

Lynch was the subject of a major art retrospective at the [[Fondation Cartier]] in Paris from March 3 to May 27, 2007. The show was titled ''The Air is on Fire'' and included paintings, photographs, drawings, alternative films and sound work. New site-specific art installations were created specially for the exhibition. A series of events, including live performances and concerts, accompanied the exhibition.<ref>{{cite news |last=Wyatt |first=Caroline |date=March 2, 2007 |title=David Lynch's dark arts laid bare |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6412525.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100208154450/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6412525.stm |archive-date=February 8, 2010 |access-date=May 1, 2010 |work=BBC News}}</ref> Lynch's alma mater, the [[Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts]], presented an exhibition of his work called "The Unified Field", which ran from September 12, 2014, to January 2015.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 27, 2014 |title=David Lynch: The Unified Field |url=https://www.pafa.org/davidlynch |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225205447/https://www.pafa.org/davidlynch |archive-date=February 25, 2018 |access-date=May 1, 2017 |work=pafa.org}}</ref> Lynch was represented by Kayne Griffin Corcoran in Los Angeles, and began exhibiting his paintings, drawings, and photography with the gallery in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 7, 2018 |title='I Like Dogs with a Human Head': David Lynch Shows New Paintings in Los Angeles |url=http://www.artnews.com/2018/09/07/like-dogs-human-head-david-lynch-shows-new-paintings-los-angeles/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181021024651/http://www.artnews.com/2018/09/07/like-dogs-human-head-david-lynch-shows-new-paintings-los-angeles/ |archive-date=October 21, 2018 |access-date=October 20, 2018 |website=ARTnews}}</ref>

Lynch considered the 20th-century Irish-born British artist [[Francis Bacon (artist)|Francis Bacon]] his "number one kinda hero painter", saying, "Normally I only like a couple of years of a painter's work, but I like everything of Bacon's. The guy, you know, had the stuff."<ref name="lynch05" />{{rp|16–17}} His favorite photographers included [[William Eggleston]] (''[[The Red Ceiling]]''), [[Joel-Peter Witkin]] and [[Diane Arbus]].<ref>{{cite web |date=January 13, 2014 |title=David Lynch interview: 'There is something so incredibly cosmically magical about curtains' |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/art/david-lynch-interview-there-is-something-so-incredibly-cosmically-magical-about-curtains |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729022756/https://www.timeout.com/london/art/david-lynch-interview-there-is-something-so-incredibly-cosmically-magical-about-curtains |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |website=Time Out}}</ref>

===Music===
[[File:David Lynch -microphone -10Aug2007-2p (cropped).jpg|thumb|Lynch in 2007]]
Lynch was involved in several music projects, many of them related to his films, including sound design for some of his films (sometimes alongside collaborators [[Alan Splet]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Q&A with David Lynch's Music Collaborator Dean Hurley – Part 2: Being Open Creatively and Knowing When to Walk Away |url=https://www.synchtank.com/blog/qa-with-david-lynchs-music-collaborator-dean-hurley-part-2-being-open-creatively-and-knowing-when-to-walk-away/ |access-date=June 12, 2024 |website=Synchtank |language=en-GB}}</ref> [[Dean Hurley]],<ref>{{Cite web |author-last1=Jordan |author-first1=Randolph |title=Three Soundtrack Albums and a Record Player: A Twin Peaks Music Review (Sort Of) |url=https://offscreen.com/view/three-soundtrack-albums-and-a-record-player-a-twin-peaks-music-review |access-date=June 12, 2024 |website=offscreen.com |language=en}}</ref> and [[Angelo Badalamenti]]<ref name="Guardian">{{cite web |last1=Lynskey |first1=Dorian |date=March 24, 2017 |title='Make it like the wind, Angelo': How the Twin Peaks soundtrack came to haunt music for nearly 30 years |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/24/twin-peaks-soundtrack-david-lynch-angelo-badalamenti |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112005507/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/mar/24/twin-peaks-soundtrack-david-lynch-angelo-badalamenti |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>). His album genres included [[experimental rock]], [[ambient music|ambient]] soundscapes and, most recently, avant-garde [[electropop]] music. He produced and wrote lyrics for [[Julee Cruise]]'s first two albums, ''[[Floating into the Night]]'' (1989) and ''[[The Voice of Love (Julee Cruise album)|The Voice of Love]]'' (1993), in collaboration with Badalamenti, who wrote the music and also produced. In 1991, Lynch directed a 30-second teaser trailer for [[Michael Jackson]]'s album [[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|''Dangerous'']] at Jackson's request.<ref>{{cite news |date=June 13, 2018 |title=David Lynch on Michael Jackson and That Crazy Frog From 'Twin Peaks' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/13/arts/television/david-lynch-room-to-dream.html |access-date=June 13, 2018 |work=The New York Times}}</ref> He also worked on the 1998 [[Jocelyn Montgomery]] album ''Lux Vivens (Living Light), The Music of Hildegard von Bingen''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lux Vivens: the Music of Hildegard von Bingen Jocelyn Montgomery |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/lux-vivens-the-music-of-hildegard-von-bingen-mw0000600349 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142638/https://www.allmusic.com/album/lux-vivens-the-music-of-hildegard-von-bingen-mw0000600349 |archive-date=August 27, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |work=AllMusic}}</ref> Lynch wrote music for ''Wild at Heart'', ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'', ''Mulholland Drive'', and ''Rabbits''. In 2001, he released ''[[BlueBob]]'', a [[blues]] album performed by Lynch and John Neff. The album is notable for Lynch's unusual guitar playing style. He plays "upside down and backwards, like a lap guitar", and relies heavily on effects pedals.<ref>{{cite web |title=BOSS Users Group magazine Vol.&nbsp;5, No.&nbsp;1 Summer 2001 |url=http://www.lynchnet.com/articles/bug.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525095227/http://www.lynchnet.com/articles/bug.html |archive-date=May 25, 2011 |access-date=July 6, 2011 |website=Lynchnet.com}}</ref> Lynch wrote several pieces for ''Inland Empire'', including two songs, "Ghost of Love" and "Walkin' on the Sky", in which he made his public debut as a singer. In 2009, his book-CD set ''[[Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse Present: Dark Night of the Soul|Dark Night of the Soul]]'' was released.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Music – New Music News, Reviews, Pictures, and Videos |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/15/danger-mouses-dark-night-of-the-soul-album-threatened-by-lawsuit/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100225131420/http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/05/15/danger-mouses-dark-night-of-the-soul-album-threatened-by-lawsuit/ |archive-date=February 25, 2010 |access-date=August 26, 2017 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> In 2008, he started his own record label, David Lynch MC, which first released ''Fox Bat Strategy: A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi'' in early 2009.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rawls |first=Alex |date=July 1, 2009 |title=Fox Bat Strategy, A Tribute to Dave Jaurequi (Absurda) |url=https://www.offbeat.com/music/fox-bat-strategy-a-tribute-to-dave-jaurequi-absurda/ |access-date=August 18, 2009 |website=[[OffBeat (music magazine)|OffBeat]]}}</ref>

In November 2010, Lynch released two [[electropop]] music singles, "Good Day Today" and "I Know", on the independent British label [[Sunday Best (music company)|Sunday Best Recordings]]. Of the songs, he said, "I was just sitting and these notes came and then I went down and started working with Dean [Hurley] and then these few notes, 'I want to have a good day, today' came and the song was built around that".<ref>{{cite news |last=Topping |first=Alexandra |date=November 28, 2010 |title=The latest offbeat experiment from filmmaker David Lynch: pop singles |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/28/david-lynch-turns-pop-singer-songwriter?intcmp=239 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907235505/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2010/nov/28/david-lynch-turns-pop-singer-songwriter?intcmp=239 |archive-date=September 7, 2014 |access-date=November 30, 2010 |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London}}</ref> The singles were followed by an album, ''[[Crazy Clown Time]]'', which was released in November 2011 and described as an "electronic blues album".<ref name="clowntime">{{cite news |last=Lynch |first=David |date=November 11, 2011 |title=Music, Not Movies, But Still Exploring Places of Darkness |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/arts/music/david-lynchs-album-crazy-clown-time.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105080834/http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/13/arts/music/david-lynchs-album-crazy-clown-time.html |archive-date=January 5, 2012 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref> The songs were sung by Lynch, with guest vocals on one track by [[Karen O]] of the [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]],<ref>{{cite web |last=Powell |first=Mike |date=November 8, 2011 |title=Crazy Clown Time |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15999-david-lynch-crazy-clown-time/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117234805/http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/15999-david-lynch-crazy-clown-time/ |archive-date=January 17, 2012 |access-date=January 30, 2012 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> and composed and performed by Lynch and Hurley.<ref name="clowntime" /> All or most of the songs on ''Crazy Clown Time'' were put into art-music videos, with Lynch directing the title song's video.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caWXt9lCVrc |title=David Lynch – Crazy Clown Time (Official Video) |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/caWXt9lCVrc?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caWXt9lCVrc |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdDGFZhoVT0 |title=David Lynch Feat. Karen O – Pinky's Dream (Unofficial Video) |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/IdDGFZhoVT0?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdDGFZhoVT0 |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IugOfDBWcGc |title=David Lynch 'Good Day Today' (Official Video) |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/IugOfDBWcGc?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IugOfDBWcGc |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cph9o8faQUo |title=David Lynch – So Glad |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/Cph9o8faQUo?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cph9o8faQUo |archive-date=September 20, 2021 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On September 29, 2011, Lynch released ''This Train'' with vocalist and longtime musical collaborator [[Chrystabell]] on the La Rose Noire label.<ref>{{cite web |last=Battan |first=Carrie |date=September 14, 2011 |title=David Lynch Unveils Album Cover Art |url=https://www.pitchfork.com/news/43992-david-lynch-unveils-album-cover-art/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729034609/https://pitchfork.com/news/43992-david-lynch-unveils-album-cover-art/ |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=August 9, 2016 |title=David Lynch and Chrysta Bell Team Up for New EP |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/67416-david-lynch-and-chrysta-bell-team-up-for-new-ep/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729040721/https://pitchfork.com/news/67416-david-lynch-and-chrysta-bell-team-up-for-new-ep/ |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |access-date=April 16, 2020 |website=Pitchfork}}</ref> Lynch's second studio album, ''[[The Big Dream]]'', was released in 2013 and included the single "[[I'm Waiting Here]]", with Swedish singer-songwriter [[Lykke Li]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Minkser |first=Evan |date=June 3, 2013 |title=David Lynch Announces New Album, The Big Dream, Shares Track Featuring Lykke Li |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/50983-david-lynch-announces-new-album-the-big-dream-shares-track-featuring-lykke-li |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605211558/http://pitchfork.com/news/50983-david-lynch-announces-new-album-the-big-dream-shares-track-featuring-lykke-li/ |archive-date=June 5, 2013 |access-date=June 3, 2013 |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]}}</ref> ''The Big Dream''{{'}}s release was preceded by ''TBD716'', an enigmatic 43-second video featured on Lynch's YouTube and [[Vine (app)|Vine]] accounts.<ref>{{cite web |date=May 31, 2013 |title=Video of the day: David Lynch's TBD716 |url=http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/video-of-the-day-david-lynchs-tbd716 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608001424/http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/video-of-the-day-david-lynchs-tbd716 |archive-date=June 8, 2013 |access-date=June 3, 2013 |work=Notebook |publisher=[[MUBI]]}}</ref> For Record Store Day 2014, Lynch released ''The Big Dream Remix EP'', which featured four songs from his album remixed by various artists. This included the track "Are You Sure" remixed by the band [[Bastille (band)|Bastille]], which is known to have been inspired by Lynch's work for its songs and videos, especially the song "[[Laura Palmer (song)|Laura Palmer]]".<ref>{{cite web |date=March 11, 2014 |title=David Lynch collaborates with Moby and Bastille for Record Store Day EP – listen |url=https://nme.com/news/david-lynch/75997 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140426214824/http://www.nme.com/news/david-lynch/75997 |archive-date=April 26, 2014 |access-date=April 26, 2014 |website=[[NME]]}}</ref>

In November 2018, a collaborative album by Lynch and Badalamenti, ''[[Thought Gang]]'', was released on vinyl and compact disc. The album was recorded around 1993 but not released at the time. Two tracks from it appear on the soundtrack for ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me'' and three others were used for ''Twin Peaks: The Return''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Blais-Billie |first=Braudie |date=September 18, 2018 |title=David Lynch and Angelo Badalamenti's Lost '90s Album Is Getting Released |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/david-lynch-and-angelo-badalamentis-lost-90s-album-is-getting-released/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180919171917/https://pitchfork.com/news/david-lynch-and-angelo-badalamentis-lost-90s-album-is-getting-released/ |archive-date=September 19, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |work=Pitchfork}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Bemrose |first=Bekki |title=Thought Gang Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/thought-gang-mw0003211114 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112223528/https://www.allmusic.com/album/thought-gang-mw0003211114 |archive-date=November 12, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |work=AllMusic}}</ref> In May 2019, Lynch provided guest vocals on the track "Fire is Coming" by [[Flying Lotus]]. He also co-wrote the track that appears on Flying Lotus's album ''[[Flamagra]]''. A video accompanying the song was released on April 17, 2019.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Blistein |first=Jon |date=April 17, 2019 |title=Flying Lotus Previews New Album With Freaky David Lynch Collaboration |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flying-lotus-david-lynch-new-song-fire-is-coming-video-823372/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605091959/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/flying-lotus-david-lynch-new-song-fire-is-coming-video-823372/ |archive-date=June 5, 2019 |access-date=August 27, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> In May 2021, Lynch produced a track, "[[I Am the Shaman]]", by Scottish artist [[Donovan]]. The song was released on May 10, Donovan's 75th birthday. Lynch also directed the accompanying video.<ref>{{cite web |last=Cazanov |first=Jeff |date=April 16, 2012 |title=Donovan is Back! |url=https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/donovan-is-back/ |access-date=December 23, 2021 |website=rockcellarmagazine.com}}</ref>

In August 2024, Lynch released his final album, ''[[Cellophane Memories]]'', a collaboration between him and Chrystabell. He also directed videos for two tracks on the album, "Sublime Eternal Love" and "The Answers to the Questions".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Breihan |first=Tom |date=June 5, 2024 |title=Chrystabell & David Lynch – "Sublime Eternal Love" |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2266558/chrystabell-david-lynch-sublime-eternal-love/music/ |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=[[Stereogum]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zilko |first=Christian |date=July 9, 2024 |title=David Lynch Directs Animated Music Video for His New Song 'The Answers to the Questions' with Chrystabell |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/david-lynch-new-music-video-the-answers-to-the-questions-chyrstabell-1235023830/ |access-date=August 2, 2024 |website=[[IndieWire]]}}</ref>

===Design===
Lynch designed and constructed furniture for his 1997 film ''Lost Highway'', including the small table in the Madison house and the VCR case. In April 1997, he presented a furniture collection at the prestigious [[Milan Furniture Fair]]. "Design and music, art and architecture—they all belong together", he said.<ref>{{cite web |title=The City of Absurdity: David Lynch's Furniture |url=http://cityofabsurdity.com/furniture.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310220737/http://cityofabsurdity.com/furniture.html |archive-date=March 10, 2012 |access-date=October 16, 2011 |website=Cityofabsurdity.com}}</ref>

Working with designer Raphael Navot, architectural agency Enia, and light designer Thierry Dreyfus, Lynch conceived and designed a nightclub in Paris, Silencio.<ref>{{cite web |date=September 7, 2011 |title=Silencio by David Lynch |url=https://www.dezeen.com/2011/09/07/silencio-by-david-lynch/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220140719/https://www.dezeen.com/2011/09/07/silencio-by-david-lynch/ |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |access-date=December 12, 2016 |website=Dezeen.com}}</ref> It opened in October 2011, and is a private members' club, but is free to the public after midnight. Patrons have access to concerts, films, and other performances by artists and guests. Inspired by the club of the same name in ''Mulholland Drive'', the underground space consists of a series of rooms, each dedicated to a certain purpose or atmosphere. "Silencio is something dear to me. I wanted to create an intimate space where all the arts could come together. There won't be a Warhol-like guru, but it will be open to celebrated artists of all disciplines to come here to program or create what they want."<ref>{{cite news |last=Gibbons |first=Fiachra |date=August 31, 2011 |title=Inside David Lynch's Paris nightclub |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/31/david-lynch-disco-paris?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729110534/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/31/david-lynch-disco-paris?fb=native&CMP=FBCNETTXT9038%2F |archive-date=July 29, 2020 |access-date=December 28, 2020 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

===Literature===
In 2006, Lynch wrote a short book, ''[[Catching the Big Fish|Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity]]'', which describes his creative processes, stories from his career, and the benefits he realized from his practice of [[Transcendental Meditation]]. He describes the metaphor behind the title in the introduction:

{{blockquote|Ideas are like fish.

If you want to catch little fish, you can stay in the shallow water. But if you want to catch the big fish, you've got to go deeper.

Down deep, the fish are more powerful and more pure. They're huge and abstract. And they're very beautiful.}}

The book weaves a nonlinear autobiography with descriptions of Lynch's experiences during Transcendental Meditation.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lynch |first1=David |url={{Google books|qQqitBgFpOkC|plainurl=yes}} |title=Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity |date=2006 |publisher=The Penguin Group |isbn=978-1-58542-540-2 |page=1 |access-date=June 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140711115831/http://books.google.com/books?id=qQqitBgFpOkC |archive-date=July 11, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Lynch also narrated it in an audiobook.

Working with [[Kristine McKenna]], Lynch published a biography-memoir hybrid, ''[[Room to Dream]]'', in June 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Book Marks reviews of Room to Dream by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna |url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/room-to-dream/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630025132/https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/room-to-dream/ |archive-date=June 30, 2018 |access-date=June 29, 2018 |website=bookmarks.reviews |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Website===
Lynch designed his personal website, a site exclusive to paying members, where he posted short videos, his [[absurdism|absurdist]] series ''[[Dumbland]]'', interviews, and other items. The site also featured a daily [[Weather forecasting|weather report]] where Lynch gave a brief description of the weather in Los Angeles, where he resided. He continued to broadcast this report (usually no longer than 30 seconds) on his personal YouTube channel, ''DAVID LYNCH THEATER'', along with "TODAY'S NUMBER", where he drew a random number between one and ten out of a bingo cage.<ref name="The mystery of David Lynch's daily lottery">{{cite web |last1=Dawson |first1=Brit |date=September 29, 2020 |title=The mystery of David Lynch's daily lottery |url=https://www.dazeddigital.com/film-tv/article/50592/1/the-mystery-of-david-lynch-daily-lottery-youtube-channel |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=Dazed Digital}}</ref><ref name="David Lynch gives a weather report from LA">{{cite web |date=May 12, 2020 |title=David Lynch gives a weather report from LA |url=https://hero-magazine.com/article/171626/david-lynch-gives-a-weather-report-from-la |access-date=July 8, 2022 |website=HERO}}</ref> Lynch also created a short film, "Rabbits", for his website.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0347840/ |title=Rabbits |publisher=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>

Lynch was a coffee drinker and had his own line of special organic blends available for purchase on his website and at [[Whole Foods Market|Whole Foods]].<ref>{{cite press release |title=Whole Foods Market® and Filmmaker David Lynch Pour New Signature Coffee Line |date=August 20, 2013 |publisher=Whole Foods Market |location=Los Angeles, CA |url=http://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/news/whole-foods-market-and-filmmaker-david-lynch-pour-new-signature-coffee-line |access-date=August 22, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713065818/http://media.wholefoodsmarket.com/news/whole-foods-market-and-filmmaker-david-lynch-pour-new-signature-coffee-line |archive-date=July 13, 2015 |website=Newsroom}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Hollyman |first=Helen |date=July 17, 2014 |title=David Lynch's Philosophy on Drinking Coffee |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/david-lynchs-philosophy-on-drinking-coffee/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818221055/https://munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/xy73bq/david-lynchs-philosophy-on-drinking-coffee |archive-date=August 18, 2017 |access-date=August 18, 2017 |website=Vice Munchies |language=en}}</ref> Called "David Lynch Signature Cup", the coffee has been advertised via flyers included with several Lynch-related DVD releases, including ''Inland Empire'' and the Gold Box edition of ''Twin Peaks''. The brand's tagline is "It's all in the beans ... and I'm just full of beans",<ref>{{cite AV media |title=Twin Peaks Definitive Gold Box Edition |type=Flyer included in DVD Set |year=2007 |chapter=David Lynch Signature Cup}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media |title=Eraserhead (Digitally Remastered) |type=Flyer included in DVD Set |year=2006 |chapter=David Lynch Signature Cup}}</ref> a line [[Justin Theroux]]'s character says in ''Inland Empire''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Rawson-Jones |first=Ben |date=February 14, 2012 |title=David Lynch: 10 reasons to worship the Twin Peaks surrealist |url=https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a364477/david-lynch-10-reasons-to-worship-the-twin-peaks-surrealist/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417014835/https://www.digitalspy.com/movies/a364477/david-lynch-10-reasons-to-worship-the-twin-peaks-surrealist/ |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |access-date=August 22, 2015 |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref>