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Observing Time’s Subtle Shifts

Robert Macfarlane  vs  Jose Emilio Pacheco

Robert Macfarlane converses with José Emilio Pacheco about how time reveals itself in landscapes. Macfarlane describes the slow erosion of cliffs as a visible metric of time, while Pacheco reflects on urban memory as layers that accumulate and erode. Their dialogue highlights how both natural and built environments become archives of temporal flow.

Notice a place where you can see time passing; describe its marks.

Whose side are you on?

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