Perhaps I can add something here? For reasons that I assume we're both aware, I've been working on developing an explanation of this exact topic myself the last few days, lets see what I can make of it right now.
>Normally you might experience time continuing sort of linearly.
So this is the fundamental structure of a movie. Event A leads to Event B leads to Event C. It's simple, straight forward, and can be easily represented with simple language to facilitate the transfer of information directly from one individual to another. That interpretation, however, ignores the existence of the enormous multitude of information that both converges upon and radiates from each singular point. Anyone/anything which was capable of understanding that vast network of interconnected points would be capable of dispersing from any given point, becoming invisible to any observers who only think in linear forms, and converging once again at another given point.
https://www.sciencealert.com/time-crystal
Scientists have actually identified and learned how to create systems which hold a rigid, identifiable pattern that only exists in any measurable form at specific intervals in time.