Sundial

Like the hands of time

Would you believe me if I told you that this picture looks so much better in print? Maybe I do need a better scanner, one that can scan 120mm too. The Leica caught the fall and contrast of the shadows perfectly whilst the summicron's bokeh painted an impressionist backdrop through the windows. Framing the shadows.
For the longest time, mankind has used shadows to mark the passing of the day. So innate is our connection with the sun that sometimes we are still able to gauge the time of day just by looking at the fall of shadows or by the harshness of the light. But we don't do that anymore. Now we have sophisticated devices ranging from digital wristwatches to atomic clocks. All capable of marking the passing of a day without a sunrise or sunset, without knowing day or night. And with such sophistication, man has unwittingly managed to speed up time shaping, us into the Now Now Now generation. Ironically enslaved by time whilst trying to master it. But it was not so long ago that we were swaying to the long intros of Guns and Roses' November Rain, or the long guitar interlude of The Beatles' I Want You. Today's music is in your face that starts milliseconds after the first beat ending before its even begun. Today we are all impatient, restless and seeking instant gratification. I say bring back the intros and the interludes; Start a revolution from my bed and Learn to be still. Sometimes, I wonder who turned up the dial? Surely not the sun.