IDEA POST: 2/4/2010 "time"

Alice sighed wearily. `I think you might do something better with the time,' she said, `than waste it in asking riddles that have no answers.'
`If you knew Time as well as I do,' said the Hatter, `you wouldn't talk about wasting IT. It's HIM.'
`I don't know what you mean,' said Alice.
`Of course you don't!' the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. `I dare say you never even spoke to Time!'
`Perhaps not,' Alice cautiously replied: `but I know I have to beat time when I learn music.'
`Ah! that accounts for it,' said the Hatter. `He won't stand beating. Now, if you only kept on good terms with him, he'd do almost anything you liked with the clock. For instance, suppose it were nine o'clock in the morning, just time to begin lessons: you'd only have to whisper a hint to Time, and round goes the clock in a twinkling! Half-past one, time for dinner!'
- Lewis Carroll's Alice in wonderland and through the looking glass.

http://www.shurupov.ru/time/
For this post I really wanted to research some different things about time. In the link that is above it is a scenario laid out for the reader. It tells the reader to imagine they had a bank account where $86,400 are put in the account everyday, but at the end of the day any money not used does not carry over, it disappears. Then we realize this really isn't about a bank or money, it is about each day and the 86,400 seconds we get each day.

 I enjoy both of these clips because they are simple reminders of the time we are given. This is how I want my art to function. Both of these propose a serious question and give a light answer but it leaves the viewer thinking about it.