uncertain beginnings and the like
the world will keep spinning. and i will keep living
to be quite honest, i wasn’t sure what went through my mind when creating this newsletter. perhaps as a way to immortalize my sometimes crazy, sometimes benign, ramblings. perhaps to have a portfolio of my thoughts from when i was young and dumb and did not think things through. or maybe it was that inflated ego of mine, thinking my thoughts matter more than they truly do. i’m not quite sure. i think i’ll have to get back to you on that.
liminality. how vague is that of a term? i believe my fondness for it might’ve started back in the spring of ‘23, when i took a course on queer gothic literature for my BA thesis. (not ‘queer’ only in terms of sexuality, but in terms of something odd, strange, abhorrent) perhaps liminality is not a vague term at all. i suspect it has everything to do with how much thought one puts into it. the descriptions we got, were:
threshold, inter-space, intermediate between one place and another.
“[…] refers to the ambivalence, confusion, or disorientation experienced in the middle stage of a rite of passage, when participants no longer hold their pre-ritual status but have not yet begun the transition to the status they will hold at the end of the rite.” — the future of indeterminacy.
any kind of disturbance of the category/border/the binary.
the border between two states/categories.
linked to transgression.
though, truth be told, i am quite sure those descriptions of liminality just about cover it.
perhaps, though, my ego needs deflating. i by no means believe that my thoughts and opinions on something, much less the ramblings, which will inevitably appear, will change anything for anyone anywhere. i will admit, however, i am a stickler for checking stats on my posts. whether that be on instagram, or snapchat. i can’t help it. i’m just a girl. i’m just a person. i’m just young. i am self-obsessed.
despite this, i truly do believe that whether or not i get any clicks on this newsletter, it won’t matter. not really. not in the grand scheme of things. this is just the internet (and everything is forever) and the world will keep on spinning. and i will keep living.
the ramblings of a literature student and a budding crazy catlady. Click to read the liminality, by sara, a Substack publication. Launched 2















