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There's a very weird phenomenon I've noticed related to 'liminal spaces' where I find that media which refuses to describe itself as 'liminal' is significantly higher quality than media which embraces the term.

The cycle usually goes like this:

1. I see a genuinely haunting image or piece of art on the Internet and think "Wow, this reminds me of that 'liminal space' stuff I read about."

2. Now that it's rekindled my interest, I search for 'liminal space' and find a mixture of half-ass creepypasta and very bland images of abandoned buildings.

3. After a short time of searching, I get bored and forget about liminal spaces for a few months until it comes back to me.

I don't know if this is just an example of the Pareto principle (80% of 'liminal' art is crap) or if the label 'liminal' is just so frequently misapplied that it's become useless.