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Small novelties. Can we slow down our perception of time?
Rituals, temporal landmarks, and novel experiences.
 • Jenna Park
An imperfect kind of magic
How the year started is how the year ended.
 • Jenna Park
The quiet language of snow
The first snowfall in photos and an end-of-year video.
 • Jenna Park
Between freedom and fear
The culture of safety and overprotection. Is the world really that more dangerous?
 • Jenna Park
This one's for you, the readers
On readers, community, and three years of Everything is Liminal.
 • Jenna Park
On life after relevance
Too young to be old and too old to be young.
 • Jenna Park
Why we should never stop learning
Rethinking the value of education and the case for lifelong learning.
 • Jenna Park
What we lose when everything is mapped. Plus ten things to do offline.
We don't get lost anymore.
 • Jenna Park
A paradigm shift: am I not ambitious enough?
Two years into this post-career life, a reflection on privilege, growth, and ambition.
 • Jenna Park
Everything is Liminal
Everything is Liminal
A visual newsletter with essays on culture, midlife, and the creative self by a post-career, Gen X empty nester. With curated links, delivered weekly.
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