Liminal

Exploring Identity,autonomy and memory through transitional spaces and stages

Allison Hiltunen

Rainer Maria Rilke said, “Live not in dreams, but in contemplation of a reality that is perhaps the future.”

Adam Braun • The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

“…stand brave, life-liver
Bleeding out your days
In the river of time
Stand brave
Time moves both ways

In the nullifying, defeating, negating, repeating
Joy of life“

I want knowledge. I want time.

And time wants you, John. You will become a grain of wheat. You will be changed to a pool of water. To a worm, a fly. And a wind will blow the fly away.

Liminal spaces are necessary for personal growth. When you’re in a liminal space, you have to allow yourself to exist in between dichotomies without putting pressure on yourself to pick a side. For perfectionists who are losing control and gaining power, this looks like allowing yourself to be in the transition space of no longer feeling that your

Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control

We all live multiple lives in one, and our sense of self continuously dies in the process. So when you feel some fundamental changes occurring within you (i.e. feeling disconnected from certain friends, being discontent with a job you’ve historically enjoyed, questioning your faith, etc.), don’t be too afraid.

Adam Braun • The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change

Katherine Morgan Schafler • The Perfectionist's Guide to Losing Control

Lawrence Yeo • Death: The Roommate of Life - More To That