Monday Criticism October 12, 2009

Liminality: (from the Latin word līmen, meaning "a threshold") is a psychological, neurological, or metaphysical subjective, conscious state of being on the "threshold" of or between two different existential planes..

The liminal state is characterized by ambiguity, openness, and indeterminacy. One's sense of identity dissolves to some extent, bringing about disorientation. Liminality is a period of transition where normal limits to thought, self-understanding, and behavior are relaxed - a situation which can lead to new perspectives.

People, places, or things may not complete a transition, or a transition between two states may not be fully possible. Those who remain in a state between two other states may become permanently liminal.

(wikipedia)

Reference Transportation, "the act of stopping causes one to renegotiate their surrounding."
"Going through a tunnel allows one to become disoriented, in the process of being disoriented, the experiencing self looks to reorient himself/herself, during which the person scans the environment looking for landmarks, relating himself, of his position within physical place.