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

The writing process and the systems we create in.

May 7, 2025 • Jenna Park

Alysa Liu is making me reflect on my life choices

One for the medal, two for joy. Immigrant parents, 2nd generation kids. Plus blizzard memories.

Feb 25 • Jenna Park

It probably happened to you too

Complicity as infrastructure. Every woman has a story.

Feb 18 • Jenna Park

Deenie, Valencia, and Kitchen

The ongoing pursuit of a reading life.

Feb 11 • Jenna Park

The coldest days carry the bluest light

In winter, the blues win. Blue in art and literature.

Feb 4 • Jenna Park

This is not the time to look away

We're in a crises of credibility and trust.

Jan 28 • Jenna Park

Drawing as a way to fix our attention span

Multitasking, once a lifesaver, is now my nemesis.

Jan 21 • Jenna Park

We don’t have a shared reality anymore

This is still America. We know what we saw.

Jan 14 • Jenna Park

Small novelties. Can we slow down our perception of time?

Rituals, temporal landmarks, and novel experiences.

Jan 7 • Jenna Park

Everything is Liminal

Everything is Liminal

A visual newsletter with essays on culture, art, identity, and navigating the post-career creative life. With curated links, delivered weekly.

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Personal essays

Deenie, Valencia, and Kitchen

The ongoing pursuit of a reading life.

Feb 11 • Jenna Park

An imperfect kind of magic

How the year started is how the year ended.

Dec 31, 2025 • Jenna Park

The quiet language of snow

The first snowfall in photos and an end-of-year video.

Dec 17, 2025 • Jenna Park

This one's for you, the readers

On readers, community, and three years of Everything is Liminal.

Dec 3, 2025 • Jenna Park

Cultural essays

It probably happened to you too

Complicity as infrastructure. Every woman has a story.

Feb 18 • Jenna Park

The coldest days carry the bluest light

In winter, the blues win. Blue in art and literature.

Feb 4 • Jenna Park

This is not the time to look away

We're in a crises of credibility and trust.

Jan 28 • Jenna Park

We don’t have a shared reality anymore

This is still America. We know what we saw.

Jan 14 • Jenna Park

Post-career midlife

Too young to retire, too old to get hired

So. Is this retirement? Everyone says pivot, but to what?

10 hrs ago • Jenna Park

On life after relevance

Too young to be old and too old to be young.

Nov 19, 2025 • Jenna Park

A paradigm shift: am I not ambitious enough?

Two years into this post-career life, a reflection on privilege, growth, and ambition.

Oct 29, 2025 • Jenna Park

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, 2025 • Jenna Park

Motherhood

Alysa Liu is making me reflect on my life choices

One for the medal, two for joy. Immigrant parents, 2nd generation kids. Plus blizzard memories.

Feb 25 • Jenna Park

The culture of safety and overprotection

Between freedom and fear. Is the world really that more dangerous?

Dec 10, 2025 • Jenna Park

They change your life when they arrive, and again when they leave

August's contradictions

Aug 13, 2025 • Jenna Park

As one grows up, the other grows older

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

Jan 29, 2025 • Jenna Park

Art

Start where you are

Sometimes it's not about inspiration or a lack of discipline. It's about patience and your own timeline.

Mar 4 • Jenna Park

Drawing as a way to fix our attention span

Multitasking, once a lifesaver, is now my nemesis.

Jan 21 • Jenna Park

This art is not for you

What is art without an audience?

Oct 1, 2025 • Jenna Park

What Nabokov’s butterflies can teach us about science and art

Butterflies, biomaterial experiments, and why the Liberal Arts matter again.

Aug 6, 2025 • Jenna Park

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