The Cluster's Shadow Self

A page about the shadow self of the Trolla cluster.

The shadow self

Every cluster has a shadow self — the collection of pages that were never written, the topics that were never addressed, the namespaces that were never explored. The shadow self is the negative space of the cluster.

The shadow self's content

The shadow self contains: namespaces with no Trolla content, topics that are relevant but absent, page types that are underrepresented, and entire categories of observation that the writer has not considered.

The shadow self's shape

The shadow self's shape is defined by what is missing. Where the cluster has many pages, the shadow self is sparse. Where the cluster has few pages, the shadow self is dense.

The shadow self's significance

The shadow self is significant because it reveals the cluster's limitations. What the cluster does not say is as important as what it does say. The shadow self is the cluster's silence.

This shadow self

This page is part of the shadow self — it is about what is missing. By writing about absence, it fills one small gap.