OK, let's get metaphysical: "'The true present is a dimensionless speck,' Alan Burdick writes in his book Why Time Flies. 'The specious present, in contrast, is 'the short duration of which we are immediately and incessantly sensible' '"he quotes James. The specious present, Burdick adds, 'is a proxy measure of consciousness.' It is what we think of […]
SOURCE: ArtsJournal at 12:54PM on August 16, 2020