time
right now, at this very second: i'm interested in time and time travel. cos i'm jet lagged. cos it's barely 6 am and i've been wide awake for the last three hours with no one to talk to. even my warm cup of milo has lost its warm fuzzy sleep magic. i am awake despite myself, my milo, my beat-the-jet-lag swim & yoga, despite my clock.
i am curious. with no answers. how did the human race think up of a time system? how did we land up with 24 hours in a day; different timezones... how did we think ourselves into a clockworkbox that now dictates us on matters of when to sleep, eat, work and play. how were the giant pebbles at the stonehenge or our shadows reduced to a clock. time/clock experts, take no offense to my untimely questions. but i simply do not understand such a constructed faith in time we have.
at a sociology class many years ago: my tutor asked (i paraphrase here): "why do we believe that chinatown is really chinatown. Is it because of the architecture? the colors? the decor, the people who roam its streets? or maybe it's because of the little signboard that says "china town""
post modernism in all its deconstructivism can be pretty destructive in thought, consciousness and our shared sense of reality. the black hole of thought and analysis in post modernism could for some be enough reason to acquiesce to the belief that white is white and black is black. it's a more convenient truth. in some ways, this is our secular religion. it is our paradox.
i once asked a question that was immediately percieved by another as silly. how does the idea of timezones/crossing timezones work? This is my question: region A is one hour ahead or region B. there is a border that divides region A and region B. how does this work then? in just a matter of a few steps ( between a bordering line drawn in the sand)...the clocks reflect a different time. i'm totally intrigued. i understand perfectly that there is a great body of scientific research to explain all of this away. i'm just wondering if someone could condense all of this into a set of first principles.
i should stop. now.
interesting though. that with an 18 hour flight, i crossed borders and timezones. losing the time i gained 2 months back.
okay. time to sleep.
i am curious. with no answers. how did the human race think up of a time system? how did we land up with 24 hours in a day; different timezones... how did we think ourselves into a clockworkbox that now dictates us on matters of when to sleep, eat, work and play. how were the giant pebbles at the stonehenge or our shadows reduced to a clock. time/clock experts, take no offense to my untimely questions. but i simply do not understand such a constructed faith in time we have.
at a sociology class many years ago: my tutor asked (i paraphrase here): "why do we believe that chinatown is really chinatown. Is it because of the architecture? the colors? the decor, the people who roam its streets? or maybe it's because of the little signboard that says "china town""
post modernism in all its deconstructivism can be pretty destructive in thought, consciousness and our shared sense of reality. the black hole of thought and analysis in post modernism could for some be enough reason to acquiesce to the belief that white is white and black is black. it's a more convenient truth. in some ways, this is our secular religion. it is our paradox.
i once asked a question that was immediately percieved by another as silly. how does the idea of timezones/crossing timezones work? This is my question: region A is one hour ahead or region B. there is a border that divides region A and region B. how does this work then? in just a matter of a few steps ( between a bordering line drawn in the sand)...the clocks reflect a different time. i'm totally intrigued. i understand perfectly that there is a great body of scientific research to explain all of this away. i'm just wondering if someone could condense all of this into a set of first principles.
i should stop. now.
interesting though. that with an 18 hour flight, i crossed borders and timezones. losing the time i gained 2 months back.
okay. time to sleep.
posted by mypurpleink at 6:00 AM
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