I love his explanation of Liminal Spaces. Who among us has not experienced those feelings?
The first thing that came to mind in his description of Liminal Spaces were the settings used in the television adaptation of Steven King's The Langoliers. (Roundly panned by King aficionados, but not being familiar with the source materials, I found it quite creepy.)
Thinking back over my own life, it's amazing how many Liminal Spaces of the mental/emotional variety I've found myself in—and equally surprising the exact feelings he describes when being in physical Liminal Spaces.
So, "liminal spaces" is the new way of talking about "what once was", like the things and places we used to do and go to but which are now out of out reach just because we survived them?
OK.
So these liminal spaces might as well be rebranded as:
– Fear of Change? (please feel free to make an appointment with your change manager at your company, social worker in your district are overloaded)
– Midday Demon? (try and swap your new convertible with an old Volkswagen van)
– Missing the mall ambience and being bullied at the arcade? (put on a 80s girl's wig and binge again the Stranger Things series)
Seriously – yes, I am capable of being so – as much as I appreciate Lewis Caroll's work I am no Alice. At least not at this point of my life. Which is why the most valuable part of this 22 minutes long video pertains with the last two. The lesson being: easy beliefs are like quicksands you won't get off, until you realise doubting is your way out.
[End Late Night Thoughts]