as small as a world and as large as alone

7:24am April 14, 2015

ceruleancynic:

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duskenpath:

Rest stops on highways are liminal spaces where the veil is thin and nobody can tell me differently

Explain

The explanation is that liminal spaces are in between places that bridge Here with There, so in fairy tales we often have the Fairy Ring, the Forest Clearing, the Sudden Misty Foggy Forest, the Bridge, the River, graveyards, in some cases

We also have a ton of american urban mythology around famous roadways and sites off the sides of roads

Archetypes like these occur to mark the places in the world where the veil goes thin and humans can have extra-worldly experiences, out of the ordinary way of living

So why wouldn’t transient spaces like rest stops where everyone is just passing through from one place to the next, never stopping for too long, not be a liminal space where spirits frequent, too

Especially since nobody would know if they were real or not

I’m Sold.

YES

i have always felt this to be true

the times i’ve spent more than a pee break’s time at a rest stop, gone into the little attached park for lunch or a nap, i can’t turn my back on the distance. i can’t face the parking lot. i have to face the woods or the meadow or the scenic overlook.

i have to resist the wordless voice calling me to walk and keep walking, to leave my car behind and forget my journey and join us.

Stephen King wrote a couple of very good stories based on this very principle. 

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