linear structure

• narratives have a linear structure driven by time,
• theories have a linear structure directed by logic
• speaking is linear, one word after another, but that doesn’t stop speakers (and listeners) from interrupting themselves with tangential thoughts
• our own thoughts, frequently articulated in inner speech; they hardly walk a straight line and sometimes fly out in too many directions at once
• music is linear in time but spatial over the instruments, which can come in at different times and play different notes at different paces and places.
• painting has composition, not linear, but center and periphery.

categories and taxonomy

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1. categories and taxonomy
   linear structure who, what, and where set of categories from the literary philosopher Jorge Luis Borges example of poetic categories—taxonomy of the