Our culture is obsessed with time, and especially committed to packing as much into every day as possible. Back in January of 2019, as I raced to catch (and miss) my train, I published a short blog post about this very topic.
In this weeks’ Wednesday Workbench, we explore a few facets of our cultural relationship with time that include a book recommendation (excerpt below), some thoughts on an end-of-day routine, and three things you can do at your workbench relating to time. For this issue of The WWB Newsletter, Click HERE
Here’s an excerpt from the A Sideways Look at Time by Jay Griffiths:
“If, on the one hand, any of the following apply to you:
If you suspect there’s more to time than clocks…If you do not think that time is money…
If you would have laughed overhearing a child say “I’ll do it in five minutes…is that today?”…
If you have a sneaky feeling that other cultures might have wise, rich and elegant ideas of time…
If you have ever wondered whether linear and cyclical time could conceivably have something to do with gender…
If you have ever felt that Western modernity’s time is coercive, crushing, and unwound…
If you think an analysis of time could, or indeed should, include art, advertising, philosophy, literature, anthropology, history, sociology, music and myth…
…Then please read on.
At The Workbench | To Consider:
With what activities do you lose yourself or forget about the clock?