Against these forces -- an earth rotating, a sun lowering its angle in the sky, winds filling with rain and the geese arriving -- time is just a made-up thing, and recedes in importance, and should.
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In Richard Ford's book "Canada," the narrative reflects on the constant changes in nature and how they impact our perception of time. The shifting earth, the sun's descent, and the seasonal arrival of geese are powerful reminders of life’s cyclical nature. These elements highlight that our structured understanding of time can feel arbitrary when faced with the relentless flow of the natural world.
Ford suggests that as one observes these natural...
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