This week, I spent three days finishing watching a TV series called Moonshine and Valentine. There’s nothing new about the storyline, including nearly all the typical Mary Sue plots like reincarnation, memory loss, and the myths of fox fairies, but I love it. In the story, the romantic love between the main characters lasts for hundreds of years, and I find that the main reason why the story becomes so touchy to me is the theme of time, the everlasting time.
Time has always been and will still be a great topic in literature, art, and life. I once wrote in one of my project proposal for my multi-sensory sculpture series that people go towards death since the moment they were born. At some point in time, they will realize how little they are comparing to the power of time and the immenseness of the universe. The past time will never come back, and people will never be any younger again. It is the process of growing up, and growing up will never be painless and comfortable. The proposal once made me very depressed, but the TV series reminds me of it and gives me a new way to look at the meaning of time.
The time that becomes precious is the time we take good use of. I am a very self-regulated and self-constrained person, although my roommate doesn’t think so, because I cannot get up before noon during weekends. I once concurred with my roommate that my life is disordered and purposeless. I spent days and nights writing novels about the unrealistic world that has nothing to do with my life. I stayed in my art studio to finish my prints for three days without sleeping just because I like the pattern. I cried when watching movies seemed like a fool. I lay in bed just letting my thoughts wander around. I once regretted because I was wasting time on things that do nothing good for my future career, but now I realized that time has nothing special within itself. The time we're actually present is the one that becomes meaningful, and the meanings are what we ourselves give them but not others.
Sometimes, it takes time for us to realize the revenue of our time.
I really enjoyed your analysis of time. Especially regarding how we ourselves give emphasis to different aspects of time, ultimately giving everyone a vastly different schedule.
ReplyDeleteI really liked the way you discussed the concept of time. At times, I find myself also worrying that the things I'm currently doing won't help me in the future. But then I realize that worrying about the future isn't going to do much. Rather, it's important to live in the present and make each moment meaningful.
ReplyDeleteThat was a great topic something that I try not to think about too much. Sometimes I wonder if what I am doing will help me in the future, It was good to hear your thoughts on the subject
ReplyDeleteI relate to this so much!
ReplyDeleteI loved reading this, and could not agree more! We all have a choice with how we spend our time on this Earth, and we should all take advantage of the limited time that we have!
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