Living in the moment or living through time is done best in full clarity. But one can also experience life in a less focussed state of mind.
And by this I don’t mean intoxication, but the conscious effort to admit the obscure.
In music, this happens when we start to listen to the silence in between the notes.
Visually, this happens when we unfocus.
In life, it is a way to accept what is between inside and outside of us.