It’s 10 O’Clock Somewhere

As many of you already know, I am obsessed with the concept of time. Time is a man made thing, maybe it’s all a marketing ploy to sell more clocks by the clock makers of the world? Conspiracy theory?  Anyway, different cultures see time differently. We, here in the West are a clock based and have a beginning, middle and end, where as in other cultures  view time as cyclical and endless, and place more importance on doing things right and maintaining harmony.

And my favorite one is the Pirahã tribe in the Amazon rainforest, they have little-to-no time orientation. The Pirahã tribe has no numbers, letters, or colors, and their language has no past tense.

I am not really interested in going back in time, or forward. But finding moments where time stands still. Embracing things that help me capture that feeling. That feeling of there is no other time or place I would rather be than right here, right now.

Of course many of my clocks have to be wound by hand. My apple watch AKA Ankle Bracelet, and iphone do just fine keeping me aware of the current time. But my real clock of choice is the wind up kind. Why you ask? Cause I don’t wind them up. I just like them, and they can stand still. WECATCHEMS is always at around 10 ish. I like that time in the boat because its a hopeful time. Just after breakfast, and before lunch. The day is always starting.

Then there is Jim Staibs Gar Wood clock, which is at 5 Oclock. The end of a work day and the start of a restful end of the day

Or setting your alarm clock at 11, says, gonna sleep in and wake up slowly, and have some brunch.

If you think about it, time is not real. Its part of the fabric of the blanket we cover ourselves with. And so today, we set our Western thinking back an hr to save some daylight. In the morning, not at night. And there we have it,  Proof that time is in our culture, not our hearts.