This series explores the conception of time. It transitions from concrete and realistic to more abstract as it progresses from methods of telling time to the cultural perception and continuity of time through surrealism. 

I was first interested by the different means one can tell time—modern humans rely on clocks; however, animals still utilize their internal clocks to tell time.

 

Because humans are so preoccupied by being on time and counting the hours, there is a sense of brevity to the human conception of time. I was intrigued by the various phrases in the English language that capture this finiteness such as “running out of time” or “fishing for time." There is always a fear of time running out that paralyzes us as we grow older, and the inevitable end draws closer, yet as children, we run to the future with open arms.

 

But time doesn't really end. Although humans may die, there is an eternalness to time through the cultural transcendence of time that is left behind through things. Although people live and die, their mark on the world for writing classic literature, indestructible architecture, revered music compositions lives on for generations—it becomes timeless.