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Reflections on OROBORO: Princess Mononoke & The Duality of Humanity
This is part of a series of essays reflecting on my writing and my dark fantasy setting, called OROBORO. When I was in middle school, I saw the Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke. Set in medieval Japan, it follows Ashitaka, a young man who becomes cursed by a monstrous beast. Two quotes from that movie
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Meditations on Immortality, Part 6: The Lotus Gambit
Welcome back to this series on immortality and perfection! If you haven’t read the previous articles, check them out below: Part 1: The Paradox of Perfection Part 2: Fractals & Infinity Part 3: Swordsmanship & Perfection Part 4: Alchemy & the Magnum Opus Part 5: The Horrors of Eternal Life In Part 5, we talked
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The Occult Triangle Lab Reading List: From Hell
When I first came across From Hell (by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell) in a bookstore, I took one look at the sketchy, back-of-a-napkin-sketch art, the spindly, difficult-to-read lettering, and the sheer thickness of the book and decided it was one of those weird, high-concept, avant-garde graphic novels that get lauded by critics and ignored
