If People Can't Acknowledge The Wisdom Of

Time Is Found In The Calibration Of The Individual To The Timing Of A Collective Endeavour, The Social Grace That Less Clock-bound Societies Must Practise.

In Many Traditions, The World Was Sung Into Being: Aboriginal Australians Believe Their Ancestors Did So. In Hindu And Buddhist Thought, Om Was The Seed Syllable That Created The World.

The Silencing Of The Rainforests Is A Double Deforestation, Not Only Of Trees But A Deforestation Of The Mind's Music, Medicine And Knowledge.

Human Language Is Lit With Animal Life: We Play Cats-cradle Or Have Hare-brained Ideas; We Speak Of Badgering, Or Outfoxing Someone; To Squirrel Something Away And To Ferret It Out.

The Clock, For All Its Precision In Measurement, Is A Blunt Instrument For The Psyche And For Society. Schedules Can Replace Sensitivity To The Mood Of A Moment, Clock Time Can Ride Roughshod Over The Emotions Of Individuals.