The Lost Hour: Exploring Liminal Spaces at the Bonaventure Hotel

Описание: There’s something hauntingly beautiful about liminal spaces — those in-between environments where time seems suspended. They can be eerily quiet and strangely nostalgic: parking lots at night, abandoned malls, hotel corridors, empty theaters. These places blur the boundary between memory and imagination.

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles is a building I return to often in thought and in person. Its mirrored towers, voluminous lobbies, and dated futurism make it feel like a massive, sculptural threshold — one that invites both awe and introspection.

In this video, I:
• Revisit sculptures from my past after spotting a store display that echoes them
• Wander the strange and beautiful corridors of the Bonaventure
• Remember a fateful afternoon at a TCBY where I identified a particular feeling
• Wear L’Heure Perdue by Cartier — a scent that feels perfect for places outside of time
• Talk about music that seems suited to these emotional thresholds, including the ambient work of Brian Eno
• Shop for a garden hose at Home Depot
• Ready my garden for the nightly, unofficial firework show in my neighborhood

I also created a Spotify playlist called The Lost Hour – Music for Liminal Spaces, inspired by the light, water, and soundscapes inside the hotel. You can listen to it while driving, thinking, or waiting in between things.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ow...

Thank you again for the incredible comments on the last video — your shared moments of beauty brought me so much joy. I’m grateful that this little channel has become a space for reflection and connection.

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Thank you Carly Howard for the beautiful pre-wedding photos she took at the Westin Bonaventure.

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