18 Dec 2011

Watch out!

Do you wear a watch? Does it rule your days and haunt your dreams? Tick, tock…the rule of clock surrounds you, turns the screw. Once you’ve learned to tell the time, that face, with hands that sweep the hours away, becomes a threat to freedom, while it keeps you moving on towards the future…

The detail is from a image by Lee Friedlander, 1966. Linked to Magpie Tales today, and  on Friday, it will serve for Flash 55!


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36 comments:

  1. imac18 December 2011 at 20:19

    Tick-tock tick-tock tick-tock,
    We are forever watching the clock,
    Dashing here dashing there,
    No time for ourselves I do declare.

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  2. Doctor FTSE18 December 2011 at 20:23

    Wonderful attention to detail! Good response to a quirky prompt.
    Blessings.

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  3. Kay L. Davies18 December 2011 at 21:08

    Nice work, Jinksy, picking out a detail like that. You have a good eye.
    I'm not feeling well today, and was just going to comment on a few Magpies, then lie down again, but something came to me, not brilliant, but there it was. Funny how that happens.
    K

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  4. anthonynorth18 December 2011 at 21:53

    I've often thought a watch imprisons us. Nice one.

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  5. Unknown18 December 2011 at 23:47

    Oh yes... I remember the days when, as an educator, I counted every single minute. I love the freedom outside the classroom!

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  6. izzy19 December 2011 at 00:36

    Great one ! I haven't tackled mine yet- thanks!

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  7. Anonymous19 December 2011 at 01:37

    i love how you isolated something in the pic and wrote something totally different than everyone else

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  8. MorningAJ19 December 2011 at 07:11

    Don't own one. The closest I get is the time on my mobile phone. I hate having to work to strict timings.

    I like your words though!

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  9. Susannah19 December 2011 at 08:54

    I never wear a watch, but I did enjoy your words. :-)

    PS. Pop over to my I Saw Sunday post and see your snowflake in situ! x

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  10. Daydreamertoo19 December 2011 at 10:43

    Yes, man's time does rule our days doesn't it. My teen and school rule that I'm up at 6:30 Mon to Fri... after tomorrow we get a break for a little while. Nice one Ms Jinksky :)

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  11. Sueann19 December 2011 at 10:54

    Tick tock is right!! Time is just flying away!
    Yikes
    Hugs
    SueAnn

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  12. izzy19 December 2011 at 12:50

    I didn't touch ;watch' time- :)

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  13. Anonymous19 December 2011 at 14:31

    Oh how I loved it when I could finally stop asking anyone else what the time was and had my very first little watch.

    What a lovely take on the prompt.

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  14. Laurie Kolp19 December 2011 at 14:32

    Reminds me of a retreat I went on several years back. Everyone had to hand over their watches for the entire weekend. It was great!

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  15. Helen19 December 2011 at 16:59

    I love the challenge of finding what isn't obvious in Magpie photos ... so do you and you do it well!

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  16. jabblog19 December 2011 at 18:30

    A timely response *ahem*! Feeling somewhat giddy today - think Christmas is catching up with me - or should that be the other way round. Anyway, Pen, a clever response from you :-) :-)

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  17. Anonymous19 December 2011 at 18:38

    I am a watch person; to the second. I look at my wrist time and again even when I'm not wearing one.
    rel

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  18. Brian Miller19 December 2011 at 20:23

    actually i do not...but i am usually where i need to be...smiles...

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  19. Ann Grenier19 December 2011 at 20:34

    Very efficient, time-saving use of words for the Magpie and you finished in a Flash, just as required ;-)

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  20. Lyn19 December 2011 at 21:28

    I really feel that I should just toss my watch away....threat to freedom, indeed..what a smart piece!

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  21. Helena19 December 2011 at 22:18

    It's a shame that technology is replacing the humble watch with mobile phones ect. Mind you, I can't sleep with a ticking clock in the room!

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  22. Ms. Geek Goddess20 December 2011 at 00:05

    Ah, I like this! Very nice! :)

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  23. Isabel Doyle20 December 2011 at 05:25

    Time for Christmas! Happy holidays Penny
    Isabelx

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  24. Carolina20 December 2011 at 15:13

    I have three four-legged watches around me. They know exactly what time it is and always try to make that clear to me ;-)

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  25. MorningAJ20 December 2011 at 17:21

    Some time ago you offered me the recipe for a 'healthy' bread and butter pudding. I've just got my most recent blood results. I think the recipe would be useful! :)

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  26. ds20 December 2011 at 19:59

    Surrounded by "the rule of clock"--alas, so true. Thanks, Jinksy!

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  27. Intelliblog21 December 2011 at 06:33

    Well spotted and going with the general tenor of this unsettling image.
    Hope you have a great Christmas with your loved ones!

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  28. Anonymous21 December 2011 at 08:52

    Yes, clocks and watches, the bane of our lives. Who needs them when you have a cat to tell you it's time for food...

    Jamie

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  29. Garnetrose22 December 2011 at 03:03

    actually I forget to put mine on most of the time.

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  30. Garnetrose22 December 2011 at 03:07

    Oh, my aim account is now working. It crashed for some reason and I lost my contact list so you can try it again...darfuzzyb326@aim.com

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  31. Dave22 December 2011 at 07:49

    The joys of retirement Pen. Clocks rarely rule our lives now - except for doctors appointments! - Dave

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  32. Christine23 December 2011 at 08:24

    Ahh,,, such detail. I like it, and what you did with it.

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  33. ♥ Braja24 December 2011 at 03:46

    No I don't...I live by the sun.....seriously....

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  34. G-Man24 December 2011 at 13:55

    The dictatorship of the clock!
    Nice 55 Young Lady
    Thanks for playing, and have a Kick Ass Holiday
    Merry Christmas

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  35. Yvonne Osborne24 December 2011 at 15:44

    We are obsessed by time. The relentless tick-tock. Always makes me think of The Sound And The Fury. Good 55!

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  36. Margaret28 December 2011 at 04:48

    ...tick tock the rule of clock.

    Yes, it rules our family (but not this week! :) Merry Christmas, Jinsky!

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