He hears no clock.

"Now that we have a past, I find that I think only of the future. I
always feel a clock ticking and time rushing by. But Joaquin, he
lives always in the present. He hears no clock. Once, that's the way
we all were."

A small quote from an interesting article in today's NYT magazine.
Only relevant in respect to civilization, language, ancient cultures,
religion, etc.

http://www.nytimes.com/2001/12/02/magazine/02ISLE.html?pagewanted=all

(watch for word wrap on that url...)

Best,
Jon