At least we think we know what ‘time’ is based on, as a measurement, I would argue, of a perceived element of—change? Aging as defined by decomposition, a degrading of elemental properties?
Because I am really not sure that time exists the same ‘everywhere’ since it seems to be a matter of perception, significance, and therefore ‘subjective’ (I would take the poet’s side and argue time is ‘perceived’ measurement based on a value that depends on another ‘value’—inception, change over time and ‘death’—but do you think a tiger views ‘time’ as a human? Probably not. Which makes it ‘relative’ to me—not like a ROCK, which a tiger or human would think: HARD, or a thorn in their paw, ‘SHARP=PAIN.”
Time? Who’s to say lives elsewhere in the ‘known’ galaxy a) perceive the passage of time in the same units as us; b) due to the laws of physics applied in other atmospheres—say aliens don’t age, so ‘time’ causes no ‘emotion’ for them like it does to a human—
that is why I think we ‘feel’ time and need to document it at all. So, Mayan, Roman, Chinese—I’ll bet they use all of them in an overlay. Time-Space-continuum may take on a very different face where the chemical interplay of elements creates different ‘consciousnesses…’ if losing time is not an issue then its value becomes reduced.
very esoteric, crazy metaphorical poetic pov, I admit, not trying to be scientific one bit!
maybe no numbers just sounds!
to annotate the changing light patterns of a day—‘dawn’ – noon – sunset—midnight
why do we need to count days anyway?? to keep track of how long it takes to ‘do’ things that ensure our survival, like grow food, or how long a resource sustains the tribe or group.
if ‘abundance’ were a constant, always replenished (like our air to us) and we had no need for ‘accounting’—who’s to say where our consciousness could lead us?
great question! you really spurred my imagination on this one, thank you!