Her tragic death almost became material for titillation.
This game would not become material for a happy recap on Murphy's 79th birthday, but it prompted comparisons to the '62 Mets.
It is a quintessentially secular subject, which emerges in the seventeenth century, when contemporary realignments of power become material for artists.
After Obama spoke, Martin became material for an Internet vendor flogging paper gun-range targets that mimicked his hoodie and his bag of Skittles.
The lives and exploits of some, like the Hearsts of The San Francisco Examiner or the Chandlers of The Los Angeles Times, became material for classic movies.
Not only are many comment threads phenomenal reads in themselves – try this one on opening up academic writing, with responses from scientists, journal editors, and more – they can also provoke and become material for news stories, features and explainers.
It is obviously difficult to recall pristinely events that have not only been told and retold by others but have also become material for fiction (including a short story by Gabrial herself, "Not With a Bang," published in 1946).
These memories became material for Boorman's movie "Hope and Glory," and much of his book is a meditation on how film stems from life but also transcends it.
An old shoebox filled with the remnants from his past -- dozens and dozens of canceled credit cards -- became material for a recent work, an American flag made out of 169 old credit cards, paint, and quarters.
Now, the familiar flavors of granola, scones, bacon, waffles, pancakes and even soggy cornflakes have become materials for the artists at the very top of the inventive and competitive pastry world.
