11/10/2024
How can time be look so real and fake at the same time?
Imagine the real watch on your wrist. Itโs precise, ticking away with mechanical accuracy, reminding you of the steady, measurable flow of time. Just like time itself, the real watch represents structure hours, minutes, and seconds that you can rely on. Itโs a tangible reminder that time is a part of our everyday existence, controlling when we start our day, attend meetings, or celebrate milestones. This watch, like the way we measure time, feels solid and dependable.
Now, think about wearing a fake watch. At first glance, it looks just as real as the authentic one, but as you wear it, you notice something is off. Maybe the hands donโt move quite right, or the time it shows is unreliable. This is like the subjective experience of time it appears consistent, but in reality, it can bend and shift. Sometimes hours slip by without you noticing, while at other moments, minutes stretch on forever. The fake watch, much like our perception of time, can fool us into thinking itโs one thing when itโs really something else entirely.
In this way, time, like the contrast between a real and a fake watch, can feel both real and fake at once measurable and constant on the surface, but deeply subjective and flexible underneath. Itโs this contrast that makes time feel both familiar and elusive, reliable yet deceptive