Time......

TiME....

It is inescapable....

Either in it Or outside it

Missing it Making it

Losing it Finding it

Spending it Wanting it

Wasting it Needing it

Being Lost in it.

How powerful it is....

All Consuming.

With a MIND of its own

People say "Time is all telling".

It's the great dictator...

Time to eat Time to sleep Time to start Time to stop.

Play Time, Work Time, Summer Time, Winter time, Spring Time,

Autumn Time.

In school, there was math time, gym time, art time,

Reading time- Everything seemed to have a time of its own.

We talk about it endlessly...

"Time stopped. In all of time. Time flew. A Time warp.

Time soared. Time disappeared, Time- I just don't know where it went".

We calculate our life in terms of it...

Moments seconds minutes hours days weeks

Years decades centuries millennium

It seems to define us, it's a part of us, where ever we go, it seems to tower over us.

Thinking we need to look at it- know it, keep to it, abide by it-

Special inventions were created to keep track of it:

Sun dials, clocks, time clocks, time pieces, watches, metronomes, stop watches, street meters

All new phones, tvs, electronic appliances, and digital gadgets have them.

Some sing, some bing, some cookoo, come chirp, some have buzzers and alarms

They all have one thing in common-

Being an integral part of our lives.

And in a moment of time- what happens?

We take a breath

We have a thought

We laugh

We cry

Our blood flows

We can recognize a scent

See a sight

Have a sensation through touch

Feel something through our heart and mind.

Perhaps one of the strangest things to evolve is the saying-

"TIME IS MONEY".

People are paid by time ...

Hourly, weekly ,biweekly, yearly

By how many items they make in a given time.

And in relation to art--

Can we also say its value is measured "by time"- an "ingredient" in some artists' work

Or perhaps how long it took to create the artwork.

If a work took 100 hours to complete- does it get priced to value the 100 hours?

What if over 10 years, you've mastered a technique

So that what once took 100 hours now takes 3 hours.

Does the pricing drop, stay the same,

Increase because of an artist's notoriety or demand?

Is our time's value still measured the same way?

Does a life time of experience,

Honing skills, mastering a unique style or practice

Come into play regardless of current time taken?

Do larger works "validate" higher pricing (exclusive of cost of materials)because it must take more time to complete?

I started to think about this when in a few seconds,

I was able to change the colors and intensity of photos I took......

And in another few seconds......another photo's colors were changed.

And again, in another playful moment, I altered colors on a seaside photo.

What else can we do in and with time?

Can we go back? Go forward?

Can we plan our "future" time?

It can't be held or unto itself be seen

Yet it seems as if it can control us.

I will always be mesmerized by time-

What is it?

We can only see the EFFECTS of this seemingly invisible entity-

That at times, seems to slip right through our fingers,

Right in front of our eyes.

And at other times,

Time appears to stand still in its quiet mysterious way.

Time can appear both active and passive.

It's ours to appreciate and honor

To treasure

And make the most of.

Make the time to see...

The colors and funny sights that shine in front of us

And above us-

And of course- in an artistic sense-

At all cost- make time

to smell the coffee-

Smile.... and EnJoY your life

The very bEsT way YoU CAN-

With the TIME You Have!