The Dead of Night, Liminal Space Hotel, and Overflowing Art Supplies

October 28, 2024
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I found a new favorite Japanese word: 真夜中

Romaji: mayonaka

Pronounced sort of like "mah-yo-nah-kah"

It means "the dead of night."

I learned that recently from an anime and stashed it away in my brain's phrasebox, thinking that I wouldn't have a reason to use it for quite a long time. But then I found myself at a conference center over a few days for work. The days were bustling and noisy, rooms and halls filled with excited chatter, new connections, and energized but exhausted people. On one of those days, I left the area to go to dinner. When it was time to leave, I walked back through those same rooms and halls in the dead of night.

No one—not a single person—was around.

Dimly lit, empty conference center hallway at night, with an eerie, surreal atmosphere. The carpet has a geometric pattern of lines stretching along the corridor, and a winding light fixture hangs from the ceiling, casting faint shadows. The space appears vast and deserted, with no visible people, adding to isolation and liminality.
Liminal space hotel and conference center in the dead of night.

In other news, I secured a few more art supplies for the original artwork I've been doing. I'm now overflowing with art supplies compared to the few I had. I've managed to tuck them all away into organized containers thanks to Tae, which will make art-ing easier. Speaking of art, here's one I recently finished.

Stencil-style black-and-white portrait of a person with long, dark hair and bangs partially faded into the background. Surrounding the portrait is a bold, distressed text that reads: 'Don't you see? I'm not the spirit of any age. I'm at odds with everything and always have been; I have never belonged anywhere with anyone at any time!' The paper has an aged, sepia-toned border with worn and burned edges, giving it a vintage, weathered appearance and adding to melancholy and alienation.
Anne Rice. Quote from Interview with the Vampire. Original artwork by J.A. Hernandez. Created for an old newsletter: Anne Rice—Author, Visionary, Immortal. May You Rest in Peace.

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