I first came across this image (of the individual in time and space) in Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse 5" with his Trafalmadoreans - the aliens who similarly experienced every instant of their lives simultaneously.
Later I was introduced to the work of J.M.E. McTaggart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreality_of_Time). I vaguely remember reading a Borges essay/story called "A New Refutation of Time" at some point as well...
This triggered thoughts of the Doctor Manhattan superhero character in the Watchmen series (Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons, DC Comics). The premise was that a character living in a "quantum universe" would not perceive time from a linear perspective, which would influence their perception of human affairs. Of course, we may yet discover we all exist within such a non-physical conscious narrative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Manhattan?wprov=sfla1
I like your idea of the "time/space-body" being denser in places, though! I think I may have to steal that at some point - sorry!
I first came across this image (of the individual in time and space) in Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse 5" with his Trafalmadoreans - the aliens who similarly experienced every instant of their lives simultaneously.
Later I was introduced to the work of J.M.E. McTaggart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unreality_of_Time). I vaguely remember reading a Borges essay/story called "A New Refutation of Time" at some point as well...
This triggered thoughts of the Doctor Manhattan superhero character in the Watchmen series (Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons, DC Comics). The premise was that a character living in a "quantum universe" would not perceive time from a linear perspective, which would influence their perception of human affairs. Of course, we may yet discover we all exist within such a non-physical conscious narrative. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Manhattan?wprov=sfla1