:: The Meaning of Time ::
I am going to be completely honest and start off by saying that I felt completely out of it during our first class together. As interesting and stimulating the topic and conversations around 🕒time🕒, the transition into my new shelter-in-place space & diving back into the zoom-student mindset had my brain a bit foggy and lacking concentration.
Since class I've been trying to wrap my head around having days that seem to last 'forever,' yet those days are submerged into a month that goes by in an 'instant.' Since shelter-in-place, months have been flying by; but when I reflect on all that I've done and the memories I've created - there have been so many! This year has felt incredibly fast too. But then I think about all that I've learned in Chinese Medicine school (a lot), the new and incredibly impactful relationships I've made, the deepest feelings of grief I've felt in my lifetime... all in that same "fast" year. What is it that makes life feel as though it's going faster the older we get? Will it plateau? Or will it continue to feel even faster?
I often find my memory being jogged by looking back at pictures taken on some form of technology. Looking back at pictures often invokes sentimental feelings, bringing us back to that exact time and place. Relating to a question brought up by Larry in class: "has our technology become an extension of our senses?" I would say a firm YES to that. Instead of being fully present : physically, mentally, and emotionally ingraining the memory : I have this strong urge to be able to preserve that in a snapshot to look at later or share with my loved ones. I love photography as an art form, a way to tell a story, or show a snapshot in history, but with smartphones these days it's all too much. PHOTO OVERLOAD. Looking through pictures right after or as soon as we take them - even further taking us out of the moment. It needs to stop - I'm talking to myself - and a lot of you out there. Baby steps.
Much Love,
:❢: G :❢:
♓♉♏
Since class I've been trying to wrap my head around having days that seem to last 'forever,' yet those days are submerged into a month that goes by in an 'instant.' Since shelter-in-place, months have been flying by; but when I reflect on all that I've done and the memories I've created - there have been so many! This year has felt incredibly fast too. But then I think about all that I've learned in Chinese Medicine school (a lot), the new and incredibly impactful relationships I've made, the deepest feelings of grief I've felt in my lifetime... all in that same "fast" year. What is it that makes life feel as though it's going faster the older we get? Will it plateau? Or will it continue to feel even faster?
I often find my memory being jogged by looking back at pictures taken on some form of technology. Looking back at pictures often invokes sentimental feelings, bringing us back to that exact time and place. Relating to a question brought up by Larry in class: "has our technology become an extension of our senses?" I would say a firm YES to that. Instead of being fully present : physically, mentally, and emotionally ingraining the memory : I have this strong urge to be able to preserve that in a snapshot to look at later or share with my loved ones. I love photography as an art form, a way to tell a story, or show a snapshot in history, but with smartphones these days it's all too much. PHOTO OVERLOAD. Looking through pictures right after or as soon as we take them - even further taking us out of the moment. It needs to stop - I'm talking to myself - and a lot of you out there. Baby steps.
Much Love,
:❢: G :❢:
♓♉♏
I totally agreed with you about technology being an extension of our senses. We rely on it so much we are not fully present. I have to admit it is very hard to remove that in our lives nowadays but baby steps sounds good! ;P
ReplyDeleteI understand your point but I don't think that technology is an extension of our senses. I feel like my sense are what allows me to stay connected in the moment. The phone and the screen are distractions, and as you said, they take us out of the moment. But also, the phone and our focus on it is a moment in itself. Just maybe not the moment we wish we had been engaged with when we look back on something.
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