Magnolia illustrates 4032 hand-embroidered cotton stitches on a grid-based cotton cloth canvas. Embedded within the geometric abstraction is a cryptographic aleatoric notation, derived from the rhythmic biodata of the magnolia, recognized as one of the first flowering plants during the cretaceous period 100 million years ago. The magnolia is a primordial bloom that carries with it wisdom and robust perseverance due to its existence within and throughout deep time. To retrieve the biodata of the magnolia, sensors are directly attached to the plant to record the changes in electrical conductivity that transpire through the stomata. The stomata is a direct channel between the plants’ internal autonomous systems and the conditions of the external world. Each time a significant change occurs within the stomata, this activity is communicated and recorded to the sensor. This biodata is then sonified and generated into a rhythm that ascribes 1/8th note and rest values, with the onset of each coloured line indicating the duration of each 1/8th note. Conforming to the principles of aleatoric composition, the rhythm relies on chance and randomness determined by the magnolia's disposition at the time of recording. The stitches articulate a rule-based compositional procedure that notate the “beat” of the magnolia, effectively putting a stable frame around an autonomous system in flux, lending material expression to contingencies that constitute the world external to the magnolia. The choice of stitching with two colour values, nods to the bedrock of computer language, base-2, in which only two values are utilized to constitute conversation, or in this case, rhythmic notation. The textural low-relief of embroidery encourages touch and tangibility of the digitally recorded provenance, crafting the concept of stitching as storage, wherein textiles store, index, and arrange data in meaningful ways that allow us to access and recite ephemeral data. The artwork is inscribed on sat # 1945185800000000 (Aug 9, 2023, 11:56 AM), a sat from the day the magnolia biodata was originally obtained.