Today is a liminal state. Merrium-Webster’s dictionary describes it as “of, relating to, or being an intermediate state, phase, or condition : in-between, transitional.”
Today, I address a little liminal state with my dissertation. Tomorrow, I’ll address another larger liminal state.
With regard to my dissertation, I submitted my draft through chapter 4 subsection 3 last Friday, meeting the deadline that was set. It meant I had a great weekend after a very full week. Today this means that I don’t want to work on anything from page 1 through the end of section 4.3, because there will probably be significant feedback on what I have submitted. I don’t want to make changes and then revise my revisions. So, I wait in a liminal zone.
So, I started working intently on my next text, which is Exod 34. But I have to get my head around the larger context. So, much of the reading today was about this text. However, I am still in the liminal zone, because if my reviewers are not able to connect to the way I have been tackling my argument, then I will have to revise my current work with the generalized critique that they give. So, this Exod 34 work may not be as direct or productive as I would hope. However, I have a sense from Knut’s previous review, that I’m doing an adequate job. So, I move on in that direction.
I did make a quick trip to MHS today. An inter-library loan book came in. This book is not available on the new or used book market. So, I’m glad to have access to it. It is written by a recently deceased Roman Catholic priest from the Netherlands who worked among the Maasai for several years and then taught related topics in Roman Catholic universities. So, he’s got some insights that I want to glean and also see in context what has been quoted in other books. This will be interesting reading I think.
Anya and I did spend the evening watching the movie Young Victoria. I guess we’re on an Emily Blunt catena, as she was the baker’s wife in Into the Woods and the queen in this movie.
More liminality tomorrow!
With blessings,
Beth
I, too, am liminal. At this moment, for this week. I am grateful to have a name for it. Hell, I am in all. L-I-M-I-N-A-L. I loves it. Your blogs please me immensely. Immensely liminally. Criminally so.