I wonder: do we know time
as a concept apart from
other concepts?
Concepts such as attention,
focus,
productivity,
space,
embodiment,
pace,
efficiency,
synchronicity,
prompts.
And I ask this question
because I'm thinking about time
as fluidity, state of embodiment,
as fluid, being fluid,
and therefore I recognize
more circular, or cyclical approach to time.
I also propose practices of
circular time,
adhering to concepts such as incubation,
hibernation,
recuperation,
reflection,
recovery and convalescence,
where one reserves time
specifically for replenishment.
It is my experience that today's
interpretation of time
automatically assumes a scarcity.
I think this translates into relating,
working and producing
with a singular focus,
demanding fixation and absorption.
One goal, one road to attain
the goal.
I think this deprives us of anything,
anyone, any process that can
be found on sideroads,
in labyrinths,
in confusion,
or in non-focus,
non-temporal structures.
Um, my advocacy in regards to
slow, radical slowness, um,
comes from my experience of
uh, losing consciousness, um,
my embodiment, um,
comes with a slowing down
of heart rate and blood pressure,
which causes me to lose consciousness.
And it's a very valuable experience,
it can also be very inconvenient.
A great inconvenience.
But, um, the experience of slowing down,
of actually slowing motion,
um, is something that I,
I
embrace the embodied knowledge
that comes with it.