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Picturing Time

Time-Space Synesthesia is my secret sauce.

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James Renner
May 07, 2025
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Do you see time? Until 2023, at the age of forty-five, I thought everybody did. I see time as objects in my mind. I don’t understand how anyone can keep track of shit without this ability. But it turns out this is a form of synesthesia, what they call Time-Space Synesthesia, and it is somewhat rare. I also think it’s incredibly helpful to what I do for …

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