Starting at the far left side of the top line of a sheet of lined notebook paper, I wrote my name using a Last, First. Middle Initial format using a No. 2 pencil. I then wrote the name again directly next to the first. This process was repeated 8,783 times. Once the end of the page had been reached, a new page was started and the process continued. The number of times the name was written is equal to the number of days I had been alive at the time the work was made.