#suspending time

[daredgerandom]

humberto ríos   suspendig time   series 2015 

patricia conde galería

[keep-me-thinking-blog]

Suspending Time

Not long ago, I took a long-haul journey from Ecuador to the UK via Atlanta. I had one flight of 5 hours and another of 9 with a 12 hour wait in Atlanta airport. Looking back over my diary covering the 48 hours I was awake gives you a good insight into the effects of sleep-deprivation, boredom and the strange results of pausing time. Amongst the many simple documentations of what time it was and the little I had achieved at those various stages (“It’s 9.38. I am just over ¼ of my airport stay. I have eaten breakfast.”) is an uncompleted dictionary of swear words and insults (... if anyone can help with X, Y and Z), a list of books I should read and some short pieces of airport inspired creative writing. However, I think these two commentaries on waiting sum up the experience best: “Still dark in Atlanta at 7am. Very strange after it being light at 6am every day in Ecuador.” Then later: “It’s amazing how fast the day does get light. It makes you realise how quick the world must be moving.” Also, “Wasting time is a funny concept. I have a whole day in Atlanta airport and nothing I do here will affect my ultimate goal which is to get on the plane home.” People are always talking about how there aren’t enough hours in the day or how they don’t have enough time to realise all the dreams they have. The world definitely is moving fast; take the time to be awake when the sun rises. Don’t watch it but have a cup of tea before it is up and by the time you have finished you will realise it is daylight. It is a wonderful, invigorating experience to watch the world wake up and just goes to prove how quickly we are moving and passing each day. But that doesn’t necessarily mean that we don’t have enough time in our lives. We just need to use it more wisely. Instead of chasing your dreams take the time to waste time, to not let anything you do that day affect an ultimate goal. Take the time to sit back and watch the world, to have the opportunity to be creative, to draw, to write a dictionary of insults. Even if it means buying a plane ticket to do it.