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2022-02-02T19:23:22Z

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visualizing the year

2020-06-24T01:57:58Z

How do u visualize the calendar year in your head? As a timeline? A circle? A round strip (like a band) that comes back around?
(via andrewducker)

I never really thought about it before, but "round strip (like a band) that comes back around" is pretty accurate for me. It's like a circular band hovering horizontally in front of me. December/January are at the far side of the band/circle and the summer months are at the near side of the band/circle closest to me. I'm not sure where I got that visualization from. Spring is always on the right side and fall is always on the left. Towards the winter, my position switches from outside the circle to inside it with the summer months behind me or not even being thought about.

Individual months can be like a calendar page hovering by the band in the appropriate position, or a section of the band. I don't usually pinpoint individual days on the band.

When I think of multiple years, they are a timeline, left to right.
Weekdays are also left to right like a timeline, or sometimes like on a calendar page depending on what I'm thinking about.

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Odd Squad

2017-09-13T02:26:47Z

This PBS kid's show is entertaining and quite funny in some parts: Odd Squad

That website is good too; you can watch the episodes there, and it has other special features. Awww man, it even has a downloadable 2017 puppy calendar.

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calendars

2014-12-31T06:45:25Z

Browsing calendars on Amazon.com, I again started to feel like there must be some conspiracy behind the fact that at least 90% of the people depicted in fantasy art calendars are female, regardless of whether the calendars are marketed towards men or women. This reflects and promotes the sexist notion that females are for looking at, while men are not, and that females have beauty/mystery/allure, while men do not.

But again, the calendars on DeviantArt provided some relief.

This one by Mavrosh Stratiotis has many intriguing male fantasy characters.

This one by Apofiss has very cute cats (and a few owls). I got one of his calendars last year. They are so so cute; who can resist?

Journey Through Time is a calendar by Titia van Beugen. She has made some of the most gorgeous fractal images I've ever seen. But she hadn't posted anything since 2009. So I did a search and found that Titia passed away in early 2010 from breast cancer. That is why the above page still has the calendar labeled for 2010. However, DeviantArt always prints the calendar pages for the current/coming year, so it can still be bought.

Other calendars that impressed me:

Beyond Dreams by AquaSixio (Cyril Rolando).
An ethereal, dreamy calendar by RHADS (Artyom).
Calendar 2015 by BaxiaArt (Barbara Florczyk).
SciFi Calendar 2015 by ErikShoemaker.

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exquisite calendars

2013-12-29T05:55:54Z

If you're looking to buy a calendar for next year, there are some truly excellent ones at deviantart.com.

Most of the calendars are priced between $20 and $30. If you click on the "Buy This Print" link for a specific calendar, it will let you see the price and the images for all the months.

This page explains that even calendars whose front cover art or name indicates a past year will have the contents printed for the current/coming year.

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the most elegant calendar of the year

2013-01-09T22:00:36Z

Goats in Trees - 2013 Wall Calendar

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