On Time
Time is what clocks measure. Time is a human invention.
Time is not linear and irreversible. Time is cyclic, circular, spiral and repetitive.
Perception of time is really perception of change, which is dependent on a sense and knowledge of place.
The natural world does not have time, it has weather and seasons.
Before clocks, perception of time was less important than knowledge of place, seasons, weather, plants and animals. Sunrise, sunset, morning, mid-day, evening, night, day, week, month (moon) and year were sufficient knick points in the natural world we inhabit. There was no reason to make note of minutes and seconds. Plants and crops grow in seasons, cows are milked morning and evening, meals were prepared in morning, mid-day and evening, birds, mammals, grazers and browsers all have their own patterns of activity and movement. No clocks are required to live in the natural world.
Our obsession with time is a measure of our separation from the natural world. Though the human world is structured by calendars, clocks and time tables, though our work is delimited by clock time rather than sun time, our bodies still live in the natural world.