How do you visualize time and other abstract concepts, and why do you think you do it like you do?

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I visualize time like a fairly (but not quite) straight line running from the left to the right. Maybe this is because I am brought up in a culture where we write left-to-right, so the beginning is always to the far left? The year is round, with January at the far left of the circle. It's harder to understand why I visualize the 19th century as greyish blue (like Mondays!) and the 1920's, 1960's and Tuesdays as yellow etc etc...

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How very interesting. You are one of those who understands things with different senses.
I visualize time as a clear globe that encompasses my life experience. I can remember back to age 2, a complete scenario or event. I can see something that I saw, yesterday. I can hear a voice or a song by just bringing it to mind. I am in the center and I can pick out remembrances from the inside of the globe. I can point to tomorrow and I can plan some of what I make happen and I can move on to twenty years from now and imagine what will be. I like the globe because within it there is no beginning and no end and a kind of movement of events over the surface. A happy day is warm and yellow, while a sad day is overcast and blue. The 1960's were psychedelic, chaotic and noisy.
Sundays are peaceful and rosy.
Neat question! Thanks!