It’s Faerie Friday, and I was thinking about how many tales of traveling to the fae realm involve time moving in strange ways.

But maybe it’s us who have the wrong idea about time. The idea of slipping away to another, more fantastic world, appeals because we often associate this one with the troubles of our everyday life. We’re always racing the clock, feeling like life is a mess because of it. So surely the lands beyond the fairy circles wouldn’t have time be something so constraining?

But maybe it’s a self made mess. Maybe things are a mess for us because we think time and space are objective things. You know how time seems to slow down when you’re waiting? Fact is, time is simply a creation of our human consciousness. What if there were no human beings anywhere in the world? Wouldn't clocks and calendars be a waste? Maybe there is no such thing as time that flows in one direction from the past to the future, and never was, don’t you think? Human beings are slipshod to begin with, so there is nothing strange about time being slipshod too. If everything was always fine then THAT would be weird! The only certain thing is the present, that just keeps flowing like this. Isn’t that the best way to think about it?

So stand in the ring of mushrooms, follow that strange call deeper into the woods. What have you to lose but the illusion?
Trust your old pal Stray, who has definitely not been replaced by a mischievous faerie. 😇