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whichbe commented on the word aymara time
Facinating article about some South American people where the conciousness of time is processed backwards.
May 29, 2008
rolig commented on the word aymara time
This understanding of time ("the future is behind us") you can see reflected in medieval and Renaissance European writing. When I was studying Shakespeare, ages ago, I came across this notion of the future creeping up on us from behind. It makes sense, actually: we can "see" (remember or have knowledge of) the past, which stretches out in front of us like a familiar landscape, but we don't know what the future holds, just as we don't know what is coming up on us from behind. Our present-day sense of the future being ahead us derives, I suspect, from thinking of life as a journey. Notice, however, that when we say something like "I was overtaken by events I could not have anticipated", we are thinking of the future as being behind us.
May 29, 2008
whichbe commented on the word aymara time
Rolig, in school (I'm a clinical Hypnotherapist) we learned about modeling time with the "In Front/Behind" model (supposedly Arabic) as opposed to the "Left/Right-Line" model (supposedly of the west). While these have their variations, I'm excited to see another system of perception in play here. The way one percieves time (in terms of memory-recall, planning, objective-sense) plays a huge role on both personality and culture.
May 29, 2008