Is the Time Flow Irreversible?

Arrow, Cycle and Being Images in Visual Narrative "Image Map of Life"

Abstract

In psychology, time is typically represented as a horizontal axis from left to right, and is conceptualized as "the linearprogressivism and irreversibility" and is measured quantitatively as "real entities". In this article, I reconsider the fundamental frame of these concepts compared by the visual narrative "Image Map of Life." I select typical images of time and life, "Flow and Stream", "Arrow", "Cycle" and "Being". Cycle images are related with the concepts of "reflection", "return", "comeback", "rhythm" and "repeat". Being images are related with "waiting", "contemplation" and "readiness". We need multiple concepts of time for psychology, such as Subjective time (A series), Material time (B series), Space-time positioning (C series) and Generating in time (D series). Visual narrative is related with the C series of Time.