I just looked at my wrist watch, with says 6:00 AM - trust me, it is not 6:00 AM, it is 7:45 AM. On this particular watch the stem is very sensitive, so it is easy to accidentally pull it out and stop time. Now, wouldn't it be nice if we had that ability in real life, the simple ability to stop the flow of time and give ourselves a breather? My wrist watch just entire hi-jacked my line of thought this morning. I suspect I am going to spend the rest of the day musing about time.
"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Thoughts Prompted By A Wrist Watch
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