Week without clock

On November 14th, 11 people go to a big house in the 'Ardennen' (Belgium) for the experiment - a week without the clock organized by Mieke Koldewee and Cyriel Kortleven. No clock, no laptop, no mobiles, nothing that can distract us and bring us in contact with the clock. And the experiment is a big succes. At 18:18 the clock was banned and experience time took over.

The NO-W-ALL gets created with all kind of questions, challenges, offerings, and nice-to-know-things about all kind of time perspectives. Our special cook Raoul (who appeared to be a natural zen-master) makes sure that we don't have to worry about food and he creates lovely and healthy food whenever we are hungry. Groups are formed and split again; theoretical models are build and the body takes over; deep conversations where we listen hard to each other; the heart takes over and the mind gets silent; self-reflection is mixed with easy-going exercises and all kind of movies about time. We loose the clock-time completely and have no clue at what time we get up or go to bed. People sleep, eat, walk, draw, talk, dream, reflect, play, write, read, use their fantasy, ...

For me, it's one of the biggest presents that I gave to myself in the previous years. Deepak Chopra was aboslutely right when he said: 'Yesterday is history, tomorrow a mystery, but today is a gift, that's why it's called the present!'