Liminal Spaces
Throughout the course of my 43 years I find myself unintentionally but continuously occupying liminal spaces. The spaces in-between. Not this but not really that either. Continuously a bit on the outside of things. Which I don't mind. Obviously it must work for me if I regularly find myself rejecting the middle/conventional to live on the periphery.
This was recently brought home as I had two house guests from America visit. During the course of the week I got to fall in love with Dublin and Ireland all over again, as I showed them around. That's a great feeling when its renewed. I also found myself listening to them in awe as I realised some things I take for granted as being 'American' have changed. For example, kids always went back to school after Labour Day when I was growing up. This isn't the case anymore. I found myself feeling strangely disconnected from the country I grew up in. Its a little thing, but one of the many ways we identify as bein…
This was recently brought home as I had two house guests from America visit. During the course of the week I got to fall in love with Dublin and Ireland all over again, as I showed them around. That's a great feeling when its renewed. I also found myself listening to them in awe as I realised some things I take for granted as being 'American' have changed. For example, kids always went back to school after Labour Day when I was growing up. This isn't the case anymore. I found myself feeling strangely disconnected from the country I grew up in. Its a little thing, but one of the many ways we identify as bein…