watching the clock move:
we all know that time moves forward. i mean that's a given. and we all glance at clocks to see the time. sure, an analog clock shows you in time moving in real time. you can watch the second hand and minute hand spin around.
but in our digital era, i think we look at digital clock faces much more than analog. maybe not on a watch, but even that's a maybe. but a mobile phone, an ipod, a computer screen - those are all digital time tellers.
and chances are, when you look at one of those to see what time it is, you don't catch it when it changes. unless you're me and doing this study where time, and time intervals, have become the forefront of my focus and concentration.
i've already noted how 30 second, 1 or 2 and 3 minute intervals have created an entirely different (warped?) sense of small amounts of time. but also, i've seen the digital clock on my computer change - a lot. it's like i'm trying to catch it each time or watch it all the time.
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