A durational visual poem that unfurls over time. The Chinese word for the number nine, 九, is a homophone for 久, a word signifying a long period of time; in Chinese culture, the number nine is associated with longevity and eternity. The mythical nine-tailed fox, originating in Chinese mythology and appearing in various forms throughout East Asian folklore, is said to grow each of its tails over a long lifetime, gaining shapeshifting abilities and magical powers with each one, and eventually ascending to the heavens after 999 years. As you remain on the page, the virtual canine’s tails, each formed by the 9 glyph, slowly fade into view, with each tail taking longer than the last. If you wait long enough, you can witness the fox transform into a golden celestial being. The poem reaches completion within minutes, but per our expectations for the web, the process seems to take forever.