Illustrations to compare how different cultures frame the world differently.
This is a comparison of a few solar calendars in use. These are all set according to the seasons in the Northern Hemisphere. The months are each represented in terms of the seven-day week, as it is the one measure of time they all have in common. The New Year dates are noted by the Gregorian.
a Gallery of Calendar images from 4-day weeks up to 91-day quarters.
Looking at our Year in terms of light and darkness has revealed a lot of the symmetry that underlies our days, and how we imagine them.
With a recent burst in creative energy, I started making this visual wheels of the year, where each day is shaded from 100% black (the Winter Solstice) through greyscale to 100% white (the Summer Solstice). Because the Winter Solstice takes place at opposite times of year depending on whether you’re in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere, I’ve taken to making 2 of each image.
for more detail see: theAbysmal Calendar
Adam Neely’s video series
the pulse of time
December 24th, 1968, Apollo 8 sent this photo back to Earth.
Rethinking Time 