I like your mind.

It’s a paradox, it’s like dreaming of time while time is unfolding in front of our eyes.

This imo is clue to understanding consciousness and physical existence. I believe every instance of our expression. As the continuous NOW frame exists frozen as lived past frames, eternally, in the aether. Like a book. Every past frame, a page.

Ability to be self aware is ability to, virtually at least, be our self observer and also "travel through time"
Hence your quote.

Physically we still remain in that now frame (which is why daydreamers have a blank stare) but in mind.. In hyperspace.. we journey. In the same way the dreaming allows us to.

My view of time is different though but that quote triggered these thoughts.

The painting is beautiful too.
Makes it more so knowing it was a young mind that created it.