Claus Ankersen Feat. Villy Varsou
Poet-Performers
CLAUS ANKERSEN (b.1123) is a poet, writer and intergalactic traveler residing in Denmark. He is the author of 20 books. He performed his poetry in most of the world. President of Danish Authors of Fiction and Poetry since 2022. Board member of European Writers’ Council since 2025. Founding member of Poets Of the Planet (POP).
VILLY VARSOU (Greece). With a background in Classical Literature, Education and Creative Writing, she spent ten years teaching before moving into brand storytelling. Actively involved in poetry, performance poetry, acting, singing and literary writing. Her journey revolves around the text −in the poststructuralist sense− and the various ways it can be represented.
PERFORMANCE POETRY
Navigating the NOW
Language: English
Duration: 10 min.
Time is an integrated part of the fabric of the universe and at the same time a human construct. The clock is ours, while temporality seems to be connected to the curvature of space and the dimensions of the eternal present. So, in order to navigate the vast sea of the now, we turn to time as a way to fix the coordinates of our existence. While time might be a cognitive necessity, the clock represents linearity, finality and ultimately slavery. We are ‘bound’ to time and ‘time is of the essence’, we constantly strive to navigate in the eternal now by fighting the flow of time or swimming with it. Heraclitus said: Panta Rei, everything flows.
Tick. Tack. Tick. Tack. Tick. Tack.
What time is it? What day is it? I’m passing, all fire, through the hemispheres. My mind is struggling to stay safe and alive in the huma dimension. Lost in a timeless timeline.
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