Share your favourite liminal space pictures here
I'm guessing maybe there's not many people here who're into liminal spaces or even know what they are, so this topic might just fall flat on it's ass.
But anyway for anyone who doesn't know what liminal spaces are they're surreal, often empty places where something just feels 'off', they may also have some sort of nostalgic appeal.
Personally, I'm fascinated by them.
Comments
-
This is very interesting @Ross1975. I'd never heard of liminal spaces but I've just had a google and some really eery pictures came up. Quite spooky some of them.
2 -
I quite like this. I didn't know what these were either but I've definitely had some I could sense something "off" with. I want to say that for me there was always something I could put it down to - though not sure if "reason" is always the right word, as often it wasn't logical. For example going into the beautiful, pristine home of a recently deceased relative was totally unpleasant despite remembering it for nothing but joy. I'm assuming the point of the idea of liminal spaces is that they can be totally new to you so not influenced by any memories or preexisting ideas
0 -
The original image that started it all.
0 -
@Ross1975 that just reminds me of an old FPS shooting game where the buildings had no furniture in as it was too demanding for peoples computers
The pic does make me feel odd, but only because I imagine baddies hiding behind all the walls ready to lean round and shoot at me 😆
1 -
They can be totally new and known too.
0 -
That original image spawned a lot of videos on Youtube, here's a good one:
0 -
0 -
I love liminal spaces! Such a fascinating concept. I'll be sure to add some pictures soon 😊
2 -
No pictures, but I always find empty multi storey car parks fascinating. Eerie but strangely calming
1 -
A while ago I got Ai to make an eerie liminal picture of a car park, here it is.
2 -
What good timing for this post! I recently come across a playlist for exploring liminal spaces and found it quite calming but also quite eery!!
1 -
Ooh I'll definitely have to give that a listen @Mary_Scope
0 -
I love this liminal picture of someone's apartment window. It's like the sky is not real which makes it feel quite eerie. @Ross1975 have you heard of submechanophobia (sorry that is such a mouthful!)? It's the fear of machinery in water and gives me similar feelings to liminal spaces. There's a community on Reddit dedicated to it, it might be something you find interesting 😊
1 -
I think what makes that picture eerie to me is how the window looks too high up for the room, it just looks like it's placed strangely. A common thing for me with liminal space pictures and heaven's interior pictures is that what can really contribute to them feeling off is the weird placement of things like the window in your picture, and things looking out of proportion (a tiny window or giant chair).
I've not heard of Submechanophobia, but I do kind of have a strange phobia myself which is water tanks of any kind indoors. If they have the cover on them then it's fine, but it's taking off the cover to expose the inside of the tank filled with water and all the piping that makes me feel uncomfortable, for example I always feel a bit intimidated when having to take the top off the cistern to deal with something.
0 -
@Ross1975 … love that carpark. If you could hear the wind blowing through that … heaven.
This thread has made me realise why I like liminal spaces (although never knew that term before) it's because I'm more often than not happy in my own space. Not solitary but just on the cusp of it being healthy 😁
0 -
Part of why I love liminal spaces is they're escapism for me, they feel like other worldly places that are a million miles away from my problems, where I could find real peace.
0 -
I am an artist … I find this slightly unsettling for my taste…I wonder if anyone else feels that way …
0 -
Like art … beauty in the eye of the beholder ? Would be a boring world if we were all the same.
I've just shuddered at the thought of the world full of people like me 😁
I must admit I find some eerie, but can still see the beauty in the aesthetics as a digital artist.
In my forestry contractor days, I used to like standing in the middle of clear felled hectares of land, feeling the power of desolation. Like being on the moon, absolutely nothing standing but they're still being 'life' even if it was just the horizon stretching meeting the sky. or interesting rock outcrops not seen for generations
1 -
Wow. Yes I enjoy nature…but not desolation ) 😁
1 -
A lot of people including myself find a lot of these images unsettling, I guess it's part of what makes them fascinating to me.
1
Categories
- All Categories
- 15.5K Start here and say hello!
- 7.3K Coffee lounge
- 91 Games den
- 1.7K People power
- 125 Announcements and information
- 24.2K Talk about life
- 5.8K Everyday life
- 428 Current affairs
- 2.4K Families and carers
- 874 Education and skills
- 1.9K Work
- 534 Money and bills
- 3.6K Housing and independent living
- 1.1K Transport and travel
- 627 Relationships
- 1.5K Mental health and wellbeing
- 2.5K Talk about your impairment
- 867 Rare, invisible, and undiagnosed conditions
- 924 Neurological impairments and pain
- 2.1K Cerebral Palsy Network
- 1.2K Autism and neurodiversity
- 40K Talk about your benefits
- 6K Employment and Support Allowance (ESA)
- 19.7K PIP, DLA, ADP and AA
- 8.5K Universal Credit (UC)
- 5.8K Benefits and income