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Traditional texts - essays, books - have an implied linear model of time (a sequence of words), but otherwise usually do little to influence a reader's temporal experience of the material.
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By contrast, in say a dance practice or yoga practice, there may be a great deal of temporal structure, extending over months, years, or even decades: repetition, controlled spacing, stopping points, an upward spiral in which basic forms are returned to over and over, and so on.
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This essay poses the question of how we can extend traditional text forms to help structure a reader's temporal experience in ways that better serve their goals.
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One of 's favourite examples has this form! Not in the essay, alas, but yes, I definitely agree!
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Yes! The Aro meditation course: arobuddhism.org/content/view/4
I love that it's authored with the timeline in mind, and that it uses that to treat a subject which demands extended timelines.