Liminal Spaces

Liminal Spaces do not need an introduction. Movies have been made around them. It's a pretty simple, broad concept:
"built environments, especially places associated with passage or temporary use. In such imagery, the absence of people, activity, or context normally expected in a setting can make familiar places appear uncanny or surreal and may evoke nostalgia, sadness, comfort, or unease." (Wikipedia)

Normally, these spaces are mostly tangled with the horror genre. It makes sense, really. A place that should have noise and momentum is now dead silent, and not a fly can be heard. You can't help but ask yourself: "Where's everyone? Am I alone here? What if I am not?". It's the same reaction people have when they're afraid of the dark. We are not afraid of the place, but rather, what it hides.

But there's always another way to see these places. Another perspective. What if you always knew there's nothing? No one? Would it make you feel safer? What if you are completely alone in this place? Just for you to wander endlessly, to lose yourself in the puzzling hallways and the neverending doors. There's no immediate threat, no jumpscare stress, there's no entity you must avoid. Just a space for you and your thoughts. Maybe a nostalgic reminder of your childhood. A nod to a good memory you have. Maybe you do not have to fear this time.

Since this is the most known aesthetic, I haven't really made a deep dive on it. There's pages, people who have done so much better than I ever could. But worry not, the rest of the aesthetics will be explained in great detail. This is the "tutorial" of aesthetics, to put it some way. Consider it the entrance of our museum.

I have chosen these specific liminal place images for a reason: They are not overpresented. They do not try to scare you, or stress you. These are just places where people once were. Now they're not. It's just you now. And that's okay. You can just walk and enjoy the architecture, the running water, the wind clashing against the trees, the smell of old wooden furniture.