Present/Past

Present/Past

  • 2002
  • 0.6 x 2.5 x 6cm
  • material : Wood and Stamp
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Photo : Rinko Kawauchi

As soon as the stamped, the “present” instant become the “past”
In thinking about time, especially an instant of time, I’ve come to feed
that it’s impossible to perceive the “present.” It might be that be that the sense of
surorise itself we feel at the instant the word “past” appears is
the smallset unit of time.

Considering the brief amount of time involved in the process of
human cognition, there is a time lag in us that is impossible to catch up with.
Past me/just past me/now me. When I divided my memory further into briefer
units of time, I couldn’t help wondering where exactly I was. I believe
the blink is the simplest phenomenon for cutting our your “now.”

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