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"With dawn of the new year on the horizon, I resolved to exert my will on the world." -Holly Black

This is a book about art and liminality. It is titled, “Art and Liminal Space: Liminality and Creative Process in Life’s Places and Spaces” by Alisa E. Clark.

Art and Liminal Space

Liminal Space Art is a book about liminality expressed through words and paintings of collage artist, Alisa E. Clark.

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This is a painted sculpture made of wood and found objects. It’s an assemblage meant to be a self-portrait of the artist.

3D Liminal Self-Portrait

I needed a way move through time and space to tell this part of my story. It required portals: doors, sky, air, water, and a way to move in and out of a space. This made experimenting with 2D and 3D expressions of these gateways wholly necessary. This is my “old style” mixed with a new execution.

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This is a collage with an exotic fish swimming in strange, magical, deep waters. The artist paints unexpected choices on her canvas.

Painting Unexpected Choices on Our Canvas

I paint unexpected choices on my canvas. This collage of exotic fish swimming in strange, magical, deep waters creates a sense of mystery. It opens the door for the viewer to ask questions. Each unexpected choice is an invitation that sparks conversation.

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This is a collage with whimsical birds on a dark, magical landscape.

Painting Inner Experience Within a Liminal Space

I draw a door from my childhood home, and I tuck it away in the shadows of my work. It represents yesterday. I add some birds. They are me, today. I include some words about my hopes and fears for tomorrow. Liminal art, my art, rides the tension created by the movement of time.

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The surface of my canvas teems with fish, crawling insects, the turning colors of leaves, floating bubbles of air, deep blue waters, thoughts, and memories.

I Know the Truth

The surface of my canvas teems with fish, crawling insects, the turning colors of leaves, floating bubbles of air, deep blue waters, thoughts, and memories. Here, nature and memory anchor me. I find my center. Creative process is my peace. Art frees me from within the liminal experience. I know the truth about who I am because I paint.

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This is a painting of many fish swimming in a colorful, fanciful ocean.

Looking Around in Liminal Places

We cannot go backwards or forwards from the in-between spaces we find ourselves: the liminal spaces that can be an uneasy and disquieting place for many. This blog is about embracing the liminal “Right Now” with a quiet ease.

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This is a painting of many fish swimming in a colorful, fanciful ocean. There is also a photo of a woman with butterfly wings.

Swimming and Flying Through Time

You can think about yesterday and sprint towards tomorrow, but the “right now” is most important: liminality’s lesson for all of us. Today, we can do our best to learn this lesson. We can be who we were made to be. We don’t have to be concerned with yesterday, today, or tomorrow. We can just be. It only matters that we don’t let time hold us back from what “right now” holds and that we help others join us in seeing that this is true. Read this blog to learn more.

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This is a painting of candlesticks, a vase with zinnias, and some bees. In the distance is a windowpane.

Liminality: Making Things the Same but Different

Do you notice that things have changed? Do you also see what hasn’t changed and anticipate what lies ahead in “Tomorrow”? Do you look for consistency in a world that’s constantly evolving? Consistency is what the liminal artist finds in the middle of it all: what’s happening in the “Right Now.” For the art maker, the essence of being a liminal artist is seeing things from the present moment while navigating “Yesterday” and “What’s Next.” This blog is about always noticing what came before and what lies ahead while creatively expressing the reality of “Right Now.”

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This is a photo of an art storage solution for paintings on canvas.

Smart Art Storage in Your Creative Space

This blog is a challenge to find ways to organize and reflect on you work. Perhaps you don’t like my solution, or it doesn’t work for you. That’s highly likely. Look for a solution that fits your needs and allows for reflection and pondering. This will enhance your creative experience and allow you to consider your art making process from your current place in time and space. This is invaluable for the liminal artist.

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Seeing All the Colors at Once

Create a Space to Lose Track of Time

Can you create a space that makes it easy for you to start art making and avoid obstacles that might interrupt your creative process? What can you do to make your studio a place where you can be in the flow, totally immersed, and fully present? This blog is all about taking the steps you need to make art unencumbered and avoid obstacles you might face along the way. These steps can be the artist’s key to fully exploring “Yesterday” and “Tomorrow” from the “Present Moment.”

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