Port Reyes National Seashore, California
Flickr: Ric e Ette’s photostream
I once read
about how if you stood at the sea-shore
and could observe
where exactly the sea and the land met
and keep looking
and looking
deeper ever deeper
even with an electron microscope
you’d never find that liminal space
because there’s always an infinitesimal
and elusive difference between this.
And that.
Just thinking about this puts me in liminal space.
And so.
Never ending is a place
of mystery, loveliness and
challenge to the status quo:
nothing ever begins or ends.
* Answer: Because Sally, smart and sassy siren that she is, likes to provide her wares in liminal space: with one foot in this and one foot in that.
This week’s submission for One Single Impression (prompt 34): Never Ending
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I love your definition of never ending. I want to go there!!
Never ending is liminal. Liminal is never starting also. :-)
No wonder Sally is confused! I love it.
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A truely marvalous insight!
Thank you for sharing.
Great observation. Yes, everything, I think, is infinite.
No borders, just grey and fading areas where we can loose ourselves. I like that.
Wonderful, and I am go glad to learn why Sally sells seashells. BTW, looking at that photo almost sends me to that place.
Excellent.. Thanks for taking me on a journey to that space.
Love this!!! The way you look deep into this, and found a universe within, a reality that is both nebulous and concrete. Just excellent!
Dear OSI friends–
Love hearing from you!
And, Sandy I’m happy to supply the long-secret information about why Sally does what she does. And you thought that it was because she needed to barter something!
This poem came as a meditation. Glad you all are finding it helpful to go deeper into the levels of seeming reality to find another ‘little spot of truth’, for your virtual tea, so to speak!
I’m enjoying visiting all your sites and reading your insights and seeing your art…what a cool group youse are!
Oh, and Jim…
Now, I may be projecting a bit here, but I don’t think Sally is confused. I think she loves living in that space between worlds!
Thanks for coming by–
very nice, there is mystery and profound meaning those words, thanks for sharing your words
I agree that never ending is a challenge to the status quo, but eternal; as far as the east is from the west, and the north from the south.
Love the exploration of threshold in this poem– no matter how closely we look we really don’t ever find that liminal space.
"even with an electron microscope
you’d never find that liminal space"
is truly wonderful. (How about with the LHC at Cern?) Just kidding.
PS: I’m so happy to hear you keep a piece of Glacier in your heart….
i truly agree…never-ending is a mystery and loveliness
i could sit with these words for a very long time…
The gap between the worlds is a fine dimension –
..dear beth,
-"I think she loves living in that space between worlds!"_"a universe within, a reality that is both nebulous and concrete’"_"the exploration of threshold "_"a challenge to the status quo, but eternal"_"that liminal space"_"no borders, just grey and fading areas where we can loose ourselves"..
”many thanks..
This appeals so deeply to my love of words, science, life, whimsy, understanding!
I’m quite thankful that I’d "never find that liminal space" and that "nothing ever begins or ends." Wonderful thoughts.
beth, i finally had a chance to sit quietly & read about your gram’s near-death experience. i cannot begin to tell you how timely it was for me (but i bet you already know that
) her words spoke directly to a struggle i am having right now & all i can say is thank you for guiding me to a place i needed to be.
I love the idea of this poem. It is very creative and provocative. Liminal space is a new idea and a new word for me. I now have something to think aobut the rest of the day. I like your question and answer too. Love the poem.
Dear friends–
So many fine words of connection–my heart is warmed by you all!
I love that liminal space is coming up so strong here–maybe it’s something we should write about as an OSI prompt sometime.
Here’s the link to the ‘stories’ section here on the Virtual Tea House that qualcosa di bello is speaking of:
http://virtualteahouse.com/forums/thread/9.aspx
It’s a story of my grandmother’s near death experience and how it changed her life.
Thank you for telling us of how the story touched you, qualcosa di bello.