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by Chenwan Zhang (Ciyon)

The burning of incense is considered a "concert of time." The process of the incense's decay from order to disorder (dissolving into smoke and ash) becomes a clock cycle, and the resulting ash trail becomes a visual "musical score" of time.
The burning of incense is considered a "concert of time." The process of the incense's decay from order to disorder (dissolving into smoke and ash) becomes a clock cycle, and the resulting ash trail becomes a visual "musical score" of time.
I recorded the smoke and ash from burning incense sticks, and put them together to make a piece of incense ash music score.
I recorded the smoke and ash from burning incense sticks, and put them together to make a piece of incense ash music score.
This piece of ice perceives time by observing the process of ice melting from a solid state into water. The gradual blurring and disappearance of the ice's physical boundaries clearly reflects the physical nature of increasing entropy and the irreversibility of time.
This piece of ice perceives time by observing the process of ice melting from a solid state into water. The gradual blurring and disappearance of the ice's physical boundaries clearly reflects the physical nature of increasing entropy and the irreversibility of time.

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