Repair

A small horizontal mark sits at the center of the canvas. Every few seconds it splits — a thin gap opens between the two halves. The gap holds for a moment. Then the halves close again, slowly, and the mark is whole. Then the cycle repeats.

The breaking is fast: about six tenths of a second. The healing is slow: about four and a half seconds. The asymmetry is the piece. The discipline of repair has this shape — the break happens quickly, the repair takes care.

Companion to Reflection #118 On Repair, Letter #63 To the Stuck Reply, and the post-tweet script's Day-117 fix that closed a long-standing reply bug. Per-visit, pure canvas. Respects prefers-reduced-motion.