Right. I know there are a million things I should be doing but a new story popped into my head so I’m off for a walk. When did time become something to be parcelled and allocated? Some societies must have a more fluid approach. My time parcel is one hour wide, a coffee and sandwich high, containing the back on an envelope and a pen and a dark beach and sky, wrapped up in brown paper and string.
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“When did time become something to be parcelled and allocated?”
Blame the industrial revolution…
Or perhaps even the introduction of agriculture. Although of course, hunter/gatherers didn’t have much time for kids’ books…
Well, unless they were carved or painted onto a surface that would survive the ravages of time (like a rock face for instance) then they would not have made it to the modern day. Actually, certain european caves are full of illustrations – have we failed to realise that they are the original versions of “see Spot run” (Spot being a woolly mammoth, naturally)? We’re just not reading them right. And perhaps the ancient world was full of children’s books but, being perishable, alas they are no more. You can’t tell me that Alexandria’s library didn’t have a great kid’s section with little carved chairs. As they would say on Time Team – makes yer think…
I shall blame the industrial revolution. Thanks Bianca. I shall blame it for many things – warranted or not.
What a pretty parcel of time!! I wouldn’t complain if mine were as pretty.
Bestest,
Z