Symbols

Particular specified form
Certain divergent respects
Iteration identity sequence

In an attempt to augment individual uniqueness over sameness, names and numbers can help to establish a relational identity, as mere labels for a set of problems. Gottfried Leibniz established the modern formulation of identity, stipulating that x is the same as y if and only if every predicate true of x is true of y as well. Of course, truth is just as slippery as equivalence.

“Ordinary people are products of their environment and fit in. Artists transcend their environment and stand out.” – Oliver Gaspirtz

Repeated cycles
Generally portrayed
Different seasonal aspects

Narrowly focused on immediate and present conditions, the idea of time as consisting of endlessly reiterated oscillations is perhaps useful.

“Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.” – Kurt Vonnegut