Each line or mark is made from a two second exposure to light, shaded a bit by my hand.

I am using a piece of cardboard with numerous small visual idiosyncrasies so that each mark is at the same time unique and identical to the other marks, somewhat like printing a traditional film negative over and over on the same piece of paper. By using a shape not a recognizable photographic image, I’m removing associations or stories so as to concentrate on the concept of time.

Long ago, I read about Islamic art something that I remember as being to the effect of:
repeating geometric patterns, seen in tile work for example, are glimpses of the infinite fabric of the universe.

Measuring small bits of time is a constant practical matter in photography. Whether taking a photo with a phone or exposing paper in a darkroom, I am constantly dealing with small measurements of time.  So then I was wondering what this means to register these 2 second packets on the ever flowing  timeline. Distinct moments on the timeline compressed into one object. Another way to think it would be some segments of threads in the fabric of time. We understand and use time practically each day, but its nature is still mysterious in terms of physics or philosophy.