Liminal Spaces. Love Them or Hate Them?

Mariposa Electrique

Mariposa Electrique

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Think old or abandoned hospitals
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I like 'em, or seeing pictures of them at least.

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  • Little to no decoration; everything is functional
  • Artificial yet insufficient lighting
  • No plants or animals; any humans are far in the distance and/or indistinguishable; but that the place exists means it must have been used by humans at some point, right?
  • Flat colors or tightly-repeating patterns, possibly with some defect or variation (light switches on flat-painted walls, crooked tiles, etc.)
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However, I have some pretty bad memories associated with actually being in places that looked like this that I won't share. It can all be pretty evocative.

I think airports, late at night, are a great example of this. If you're at an airport...
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I love liminality. There's something unique about being in an open space that, due to it's isolation, feels like it's outside of time. It's almost like dreaming when awake
 
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They make me feel a lot when I see them, and they're entirely dependent on the individual if a picture affects them or not. Others don't get it at all. Personally I don't like how they're pushed as this spoopy scary thing because it makes the whole...genre..? look autistic and pushy
 
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