Wednesday, 18 February 2009

Time pieces



This was an arranged photo, for good reason; the fact that a jeweller's would not permit a photograph within any premises. Time pieces are used so that society knows what time it is, but to what end? Time is only there for one purpose, and that is to order society. Many households will have at least 3 of the 4 items in the photo; an alarm clock, a wall clock, a wrist watch, but possibly not a stopwatch. Not all societies are governed by time, generally people in African tribes do not necessarily have time pieces, but go about their daily activities as the sun comes up and cease them when the sun goes down. To highlight further the fact that society is governed by time, when British Summer Time and Greenwich Meantime occur, everybody alters their clocks so that everyone is in sync with everyone else where time is concerned. If a family were living in isolation, there would be no need for this, since time is relative, however some time piece may still be found in their abode. It is not necessary to know what the time is, since this is irrelevant; it is only necessary to know the time, if a person is ordered and following a set time pattern, for example, they must be somewhere at a set time. Time is not governed by individuals, but by people in authority. Highlighting further, if two watches are out of sync with one another, there exists the need for the two to be put back in to sync even if it is only by a few minutes, which in theory would not make the slightest difference; but society likes to be in sync with one another to the degree of being accurate to within seconds on their time pieces.

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