Although I, myself did not post on twitter, I was still able to view and interpret those who did. I most strongly identify with the idea of Teleological time, which lends itself to the idea of cause and effect. To me, this incorporates the idea of stellar time as well. Life is a result of cause and effect and this includes planned and unplanned directions. Staying up late one night, would lead someone to be tired, which in turn could cause them to oversleep. This effect of this could be missing a certain train or being on the road at a different time than normal. This then could cause the person to meet their future spouse or maybe escape a near-death experience. This intermingling of scenarios that affect our daily lives are represented in stellar time but also lead to a cause and effect answer or response to our daily conditions and experiences. Now that I think about it more, I feel that my life could actually contain elements of all three time scenarios. When my ex-girlfriend and I broke up, I readily identified with the entropic or chaotic view of time. For a brief period, my life was a jumble of feelings and confusion with no inherent outcome. Obviously, this way of thinking has been replaced with a certain degree of autonomy. Knowing that every Tuesday and Thursday I will be on the 8:07 am train to the city and that on Monday, Wed and Friday I must be at my boss’s house at 7:30am replaces chaotic time and is the very definition of teleological. Although this at times and there is a lot of them, can seem boring, it is in a way comforting as well.
2. Spend about 15 minutes playing with the hypertext reading of Borges' text. What do you think the designer intended for us to learn through this hypertext activity? Did you find yourself running in circles? Were you attracted to certain words more than others? If so, what do you think this says about you?
At first this reading was very confusing but after several minutes, ( I really mean hours) I understood the idea and meaning behind it. Our actions no matter how small or large all cause very distinct ripples or changes in our life. In the hypertext simply by clicking one inch away from another spot led you down a different path. This can easily be applied to life. Taking a job in another country or even in another field will create a new pattern that was not formed until you made a choice. I was not drawn to any specific word or phrase throughout the text; I was more interested in how many different paths I could choose and follow to reach a different point. What also I feel is interesting is how my choices along with another individual’s decisions all lead to inherent effect or interaction between us. Personally I haven’t reached this yet, but I find it crazy how so called “soul mates” can one day find each other among the masses and this is the result of each decision they made large and small that led to their lives becoming aligned with one another, even for just a short time. What are the chances?
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I like your point of view that the life of yours contains elements of all three types of time. It entirely depends on a turn of events. As you mentioned, when you broke up with your girlfriend, your life took in a chaotic stage. At the same time, your daily routine is an example of teleological time.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. I didn't think the chaotic stage had any effect in my life but after reading your post I noticed all three types of time affect all of our lives. I would like to think that we are only affected by one time it would make life easier and more readily understandable. When an unexpected problem occurs using teleological time we would trace back to how we got to this issue but sadly life is not always this way so we have to be ready for any stage in our lives.
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