For more on the concept of time and metaphor see here:
Boroditsky, L. (2000). Metaphoric structuring: Understanding time through spatial metaphors. Cognition, 75(1), 1-28.
Boroditsky, L. (2001). Does language shape thought?: Mandarin and English speakers' conceptions of time. Cognitive psychology, 43(1), 1-22.
Gentner, D., Imai, M., & Boroditsky, L. (2002). As time goes by: Evidence for two systems in processing space→ time metaphors. Language and cognitive processes, 17(5), 537-565.
For more info about building repositories of figurative language:
Bolognesi M., Despot K., Brdar M. (Eds.) (2019). Metaphor and Metonymy in the Digital Age. Building Repositories of Figurative Language: Methods, Risks, and Challenges. Amsterdam: Benjamins Publishing Company.
Links to online metaphor repositories:
Croatian Metaphor repository: http://ihjj.hr/metafore/en/
Metaphor corpus: http://www.vismet.org/metcor/search/showPage.php?page=start
VisMet 1.0 Corpus of Visual Metaphors: http://www.vismet.org/VisMet/index.php
For more about the Lumali sand drawing:
Image by: Dr Craig Lind
Lumali Time drawn by: Mansen William Hungairie, Etout amal, Nasise, Paama/Voum
Lind, Craig. 2018. 'The Beauty of Sand-Drawing in Vanuatu: Kinship and Continuity on Paama Island', in, Bunn, S. Anthropology and Beauty: From Aesthetics to Creativity. Oxon & New York: Routledge
Hungairie, M. W. & Lind, C. 2003. "Wan Smol Buk blong Sand Drawing Blong Paama, mo ol stori blong olgeta". National Archive: Vanuatu.