My Dark Materials

Welcome

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layout-full Image from Pan’s Labyrinth: one of the greatest films ever made.

Welcome to my Humble Abyss!

My Dark Materials is a personal commonplace book and literary project. The title is a tribute to the “dark materials” of John Milton’s Paradise Lost (1667) and the expansive worlds of Philip Pullman. This site is a labour of independent study and is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Philip Pullman, Scholastic, HBO, or any related corporate entities. (Or Guillermo del Toro.)

Recent Notes

If you want to see the recent changes or uploads, please see the logbook in the site’s Atlas.

Lastly, I recommend checking out the site in dark mode. I have no idea how to make that the default, but I designed it with darkness in mind.

Navigation

⬅️ On the left, you’ll see the “Explorer,” which shows the metabolism of my writings.

➡️ On the right, you’ll see the web of thought my writings weave. I like to call it constellation view. That’s the “Graph.” I’d seriously advise you to check this out because it looks pretty cool.

Pillars of Thought

  • Scraps are the little bits and pieces that I pick up. Maybe it’s a quote from a book I was reading, maybe it was just a barely legible sentence I wrote down on the subway.
  • Scribbles are more cohesive thoughts: I’ve taken some time to flesh these out and develop a kind of thesis, if an overly-ambitious one.
  • Syntheses begin to pull things together: I would dare classify these as humble essays. It’s not necessarily a finished product, but it’s had some elbow grease put into it, and it’s possibly even the start of something larger.
  • Undertakings are my larger projects. If something has made it to this category and it’s still shit, I’ll be noticeably disappointed, so be kind. 😁

Published Works

Works that I’ve published elsewhere will appear in my published folder.

Notes to Self

My notes to self are just little miscellaneous notes that don’t necessarily serve any purpose for a larger project. It might be recipes or things I just need to remember.

Graph View

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