Learning to Love the Spaces in BetweenThe word liminal comes from the Latin word 'limen', meaning threshold. In its literal sense, a threshold is a doorway. 'Liminal' is often used to describe the gateway between two stages. A liminal space can be a metaphysical statethe place between sleep and wakefulness, between life and death where consciousness is altered, the transition period between one life event and the next; or it can be a physical spacethe coastline between sea and shore, an