As Hodges mourns the loss of her identity as a violinist, she writes, "I felt haunted by a monumental sense of failure, of aborted struggle and lost time." Yet she found new joy and freedom in jazz, tango, and the magic of time's smooth movement during improvisation, "a strange feeling, beautiful but also eerie: not only that you can step into time's Bow, but that you are the Bow itself."
What is your experience of time and improvisational Bow? Have you ever felt time moving differently? Is time ever truly lost?
9. Have you ever experienced time the way Hodges does through improvisation?
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smkelly
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schacpet
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Re: 9. Have you ever experienced time the way Hodges does through improvisation?
Yes, I have experienced time differently — especially when I'm deeply engaged. When I'm reading a good book, listening to a fascinating lecture, or hearing an engaging story, time seems to dissolve. Hours pass in what feels like minutes. It's as if I'm outside of time, fully immersed in the moment.
On the other hand, time can feel painfully slow—like when I lie awake at night, unable to sleep. Every minute stretches out, heavy and endless. In those moments, I become acutely aware of time’s weight.
So yes, time can move differently depending on our state of mind. But I don’t think time is ever truly lost.
On the other hand, time can feel painfully slow—like when I lie awake at night, unable to sleep. Every minute stretches out, heavy and endless. In those moments, I become acutely aware of time’s weight.
So yes, time can move differently depending on our state of mind. But I don’t think time is ever truly lost.
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Jdgreen11
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Re: 9. Have you ever experienced time the way Hodges does through improvisation?
The closest I have gotten to experiencing losing my sense of time, would be scuba living. The way my body moves, feels, and experiences the senses around me is foreign when underwater.
It’s like I’ve entered another reality and must learn how to adjust to new my environment.
Lucid dreaming is more unconscious and a greater sense of losing myself to my senses, but it’s also a lot more difficult to do since I have to train myself to enter that state.
It’s like I’ve entered another reality and must learn how to adjust to new my environment.
Lucid dreaming is more unconscious and a greater sense of losing myself to my senses, but it’s also a lot more difficult to do since I have to train myself to enter that state.
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lanlynk
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Re: 9. Have you ever experienced time the way Hodges does through improvisation?
Yes, as others have shared, whenever I become focused on an activity, I lose track of time. In one sense, time seems to disappear; there is only "now." But then when I "come to," I realize quite a bit of time has passed. Oops!
There are other instances when the experience feels more intense. Once, I was walking alone in the mountains, thinking about my life and how I could change circumstances. I felt trapped. Then I asked a What-If question and let myself reimagine possibilities. The world opened up. I spent a long time just existing in that liberated space, not worrying about the future, just Being. I had discovered what it would feel like to be this new person.
There are other instances when the experience feels more intense. Once, I was walking alone in the mountains, thinking about my life and how I could change circumstances. I felt trapped. Then I asked a What-If question and let myself reimagine possibilities. The world opened up. I spent a long time just existing in that liberated space, not worrying about the future, just Being. I had discovered what it would feel like to be this new person.