Phyl Payne

Given that clocks and watches have hands and faces and throb with a beat suggestive of a heart; given that thousands of millions of us wear them in pockets, on chains close to our hearts or strapped to our wrists over our most conspicuous pulse; given that we live, love, sleep and in these days of waterproof versions, bathe in their company; and that we can hardly help inadevertently focusing emoltional attention on something that structures and controls our lives: it would be very surprising if our time keepers did not show some signs of life themselves." Lyall Watson