Stealing Time

Staring at the clock, the second hand sweeps.
Is it faster now than when I was younger?

The clock ticks. Incompressible seconds relentlessly remind us of some next impending deadline.

Meanwhile, when we are in a groove, time suspends. We are there. Composing, creating, reacting, playing! It’s only when we look up that we notice how much has passed.

We have an internal sense of time. But there is often a disconnect between this experience and the mechanical march of the clock that can shape how w...