Everything is Liminal | Jenna Park | Substack

Junk collage summer and lessons in surrender

Art dates, cathartic messes, and endless surprises.

Jul 2 •

The importance of documenting your life

Losing my memory is one of my greatest fears.

Dec 20, 2023 •

An end to a career

Saying goodbye to a 25+ year career and giving myself permission to follow my curiosity.

Nov 15, 2023 •

Everybody wants daughters now, but is it progress?

Girl dads, girl bias, and capitalist feminism.

Jun 25 •

On being more human through our screens

Notes on being more human through our screens.

Jun 18 •

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RIP, coffee. We're breaking up, but somehow I'm still functioning.

A love letter and a goodbye to coffee.

Jun 11 •

Critical thinking might be the only thing that matters in an automated world

What's the value of a college education in the age of AI? And why are we gutting institutions still capable of teaching something AI can’t replicate?

Jun 4 •

Summers start with a little heartbreak

Our cultural foods hold us together.

May 28 •

Stress can kill you. All the ways our body sends signals.

As we sit in the space of transitions, how do we grieve for the person we once were while accepting the person we are now?

May 21 •

Art matters, but nobody wants to fund it.

Is art a luxury or a necessity? Artistic freedom and the politicization of cultural legacy.

May 14 •

Niches are for algorithms. Writing whatever you want is just human.

The writing process and the systems we create in.

May 7 •

A disconnected walk. April’s a trickster. Life, in fragments.

Walk with me because the flowering trees are listening..

Apr 23 •

Angel number 55. Welcome to irrelevance.

Or, to new beginnings if you're Pamela Anderson. On invisibility, aging, and self acceptance.

Apr 16 •

At first disillusioned, I was wrong about protesting

The Hands Off protests was a show of unified strength, but the social media discourse on protesting proved that we aren’t exactly united either.

Apr 9 •

Everything is Liminal

Everything is Liminal

Essays on transitions, culture, modern life, and the creative self through the liminal lens of a post-career, Gen X empty nester. With curated links, delivered weekly.

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Personal essays

RIP, coffee. We're breaking up, but somehow I'm still functioning.

A love letter and a goodbye to coffee.

Jun 11 •

Summers start with a little heartbreak

Our cultural foods hold us together.

May 28 •

Stress can kill you. All the ways our body sends signals.

As we sit in the space of transitions, how do we grieve for the person we once were while accepting the person we are now?

May 21 •

A disconnected walk. April’s a trickster. Life, in fragments.

Walk with me because the flowering trees are listening..

Apr 23 •

Cultural essays

Everybody wants daughters now, but is it progress?

Girl dads, girl bias, and capitalist feminism.

Jun 25 •

On being more human through our screens

Notes on being more human through our screens.

Jun 18 •

Critical thinking might be the only thing that matters in an automated world

What's the value of a college education in the age of AI? And why are we gutting institutions still capable of teaching something AI can’t replicate?

Jun 4 •

Art matters, but nobody wants to fund it.

Is art a luxury or a necessity? Artistic freedom and the politicization of cultural legacy.

May 14 •

Post-career midlife

Stress can kill you. All the ways our body sends signals.

As we sit in the space of transitions, how do we grieve for the person we once were while accepting the person we are now?

May 21 •

Metamorphosis and the state of wintering

I'm in my creative hibernation era.

Feb 19 •

Can we talk about this horrendous job market?

Employment in your 50s is a wild ride—but so is starting out as a recent college graduate. Sometimes, we're even competing for the same jobs.

Feb 12

My career ambitions have left the building

Grind culture is bullshit. Learning how to do nothing is bliss.

Aug 7, 2024 •

Motherhood

As one grows up, the other grows older

One eventful week in London. Family vacations can uncover many truths.

Jan 29 •

A letter to the next generation

Anxiety about the future, while holding space for hope.

Nov 20, 2024 •

Things can be terrible, and then they gradually become amazing

Maybe the greatest gift we can give them is to let them fall.

Sep 18, 2024 •

The Leaving Years

By the time you read this, I might be in a fetal position.

Aug 28, 2024 •

Art

Junk collage summer and lessons in surrender

Art dates, cathartic messes, and endless surprises.

Jul 2 •

Art matters, but nobody wants to fund it.

Is art a luxury or a necessity? Artistic freedom and the politicization of cultural legacy.

May 14 •

Draw like nobody's watching. On quieting your inner critic.

Approaching art making with my designer mindset. Basically, I'm making ugly drawings.

Mar 19 •

The end of the multi-hyphenate

In art, context often matters. How revisiting an old project gave me an understanding of my artistic paralysis.

Oct 23, 2024 •

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