Water-infused human growth hormone, a widely used but unregulated anti-aging drug, flows through Haseeb Ahmed’s "A Fountain of Eternal Youth". Using stroboscopic techniques, Ahmed appears to suspend water droplets mid-air, making them float upward, defying gravity and reversing the passage of time. Since antiquity, the flow of time has been closely linked to the flow of fluids. Early water clocks, which measured time by gradually emptying, are echoed in this work by a water clock modeled after Japanese shishi-odoshi devices that continuously fill and empty. While the artwork creates the illusion of reversing time, the clocks remind us that time inevitably moves forward. This paradox of cause and effect reflects humanity’s desire to preserve life through pharmaceuticals, alongside the unintended ecological consequences these efforts provoke. Ahmed’s exploration of time and fluidity recalls artistic investigations by Belgian artist Panamarenko, who experimented with kinetic and water-based systems to question natural forces, as well as the symbolic use of water in René Magritte’s surreal works, which challenge perception and reality. Through these references, "A Fountain of Eternal Youth" situates itself within a broader dialogue on time, environment, and human intervention.