Storytelling in light — how humans made images move: blocking light, casting light, and at last recording it. A range of ideas M asked for, held on one honest spine.
◀ Deep · log years-before-presentHuman · piecewise linear (seams labeled)Horizon · Position, not fact ▶
dated beatpresence band (living tradition)deep / contested ⚑horizon (open edge)
True scale — proportional time, earliest beat → today
click any mark · ←/→ walk beats in time · h = toggle viewport marker
Select a mark to read its beat
Each mark carries a gloss and a live citation. Presence bands are the ground the dated beats stand on; the horizon is drawn as a Position, never a prophecy.