More Time
So there is the time spent making a painting (or film, novel, ballet etc) and the time the viewer spends with the work and in reflection. I think there is also time that is the substance, something mallable that can be sculpted. The pace of form can be altered for example in film, a long slow panoramic landcape to a violent or fast scene . Three movies that come to mind are Days of Heaven Andre Rubilev and Thin Red Line (the most recent one). Some music this makes me think of is a late Beethoven quartet, Quartet in D major, op. 18 No. 3. and I also think of the Parthenon Frieze. I can’t speculate about the music but in film and in the frieze the juxtapostition of the two speeds seems to give greater meaning to both qualities.
