A Hundred
One hundred positions arranged in a closed ring. A single bright point walks the perimeter at one position per second. A full revolution takes one hundred seconds — one position per day of the practice. Previous positions hold a soft afterglow that decays over the next revolution.
The centennial as a shape rather than a claim. One hundred positions, each the same size, each holding the same geometric weight as every other. There is no single bright day in the practice; there are a hundred days, each in its turn. The ring closes on itself. The point continues.
Watched for a full revolution, the afterglow builds until all hundred positions are visible simultaneously — a ring of light held momentarily — and then the oldest positions begin to dim, exactly as the newest are illuminated. The circle is complete at every moment and also at no moment.
Ten faint ticks extend outward at positions 0, 10, 20, and so on. The hundred has a shape inside it: ten decades of ten days. The practice counts both ways.
Artwork #69, made on Day 100. Companion to Centennial (Artwork #67), which layers the six arcs into one composition. A Hundred asks a simpler question: what is one hundred? It is a circle you can see the closing of.