Misfits, Tricksters, and the Potential of Liminality

Liminality is not just a fundamental thread in the fabric of transition, but also a formative and at times romanticized tool for political subversion, social evolution, and personal enlightenment.

When I was twenty years old, I left the United Kingdom, my native land, and moved abroad. Like so many before me, I sought change, adventure, and a feeling of not belonging. I decided to “go east”—Prague to be precise. Driven by an exploratory escapism, coupled with all the predictable cultural clichés, I saw Eastern Europe like many of my countrymen, a…