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Stephen McCurdy
out of time
anachronism – against time (ana against, chronos time) - belonging to a different time/era/period
mortality - no time left - endtime - approaching annihilation/death
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musical - unrelated to beat or pulse, arhythmic, disconnected, temporally dissonant. cf out of tune
philosophical/religious - outside of time/eternal/timeless
Unlike music, literature and drama, painting does not work with or within linear time. It has spatial boundaries, but it has no beginning, nor end, nor duration.
‘In what space then do we measure time passing?’
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