“Dépaysement,” a specific concept in French — for which no perfect english translation exists — distills the sense of being disconnected from the familiar, a loss of bearings and sense of normalcy.

Opposite to this is a comfort zone - intellectual, spiritual, or else. A place to find deep grounding.

Out of this arises this curious liminal space, a sandbox to play with ideas free from the limitations of time  and space, to  anchor ourselves temporarily and rest from old modes of thinking,  before re-emerging into the world, reinvented and eager to see more —
Sanctuary.