JONATHAN MEYER, A Rock and a Hard Place, 2012
JONATHAN MEYER, A Rock and a Hard Place [detail], 2012

either before or after

probably in most cases three

one

one

the third

artists believe more easily than others evidently

 

margin

 

the same

the same

divergence the same

at the same instant between

nominally however

at least between

probably

lifting and raising

defeated and slain

consider the ruin

it might be

 

west

east

east west

an evening star

a morning star

 

nearly equally distant

one immediately

or probably and especially

first

itself

might seem to be

the spot was deemed sacred

 

they are now this will be

in the numbered number

north to south

east to west

the second being now except

the future then was

the old

the new however

 

it is possibly somehow

 

greater than exactly

less than greater than

exactly less than greater than exactly

 

fountain of habit

within the limits accepting this view

inhabitants are gardens

enclosed by hedges of prickly pear

about seven

 

the opposite sign becomes

if reckoned

 

not at all known

equally

thoroughly

the earliest from a boat

would probably quite

apparently immediately

also shown

a few

 

at least even assigned to one

before thither

and afterwards

 

there the standard

of other places with towers is not mentioned

at least sometimes

the world is still simply a ruin

in opposition it lies somewhere on the line

far away

 

the directions the shout

the city fell down

wherever a time

lying waste for centuries during

to utter destruction

every human being the animals

being

during

the whole from east to west

relative to one another

 

the sun rises

before sunrise

from west to east

each

the other the opposite

the first

 

erroneously identified

each other

under the main source

under the mountain in the angle

afterwards

which one

 

very nearly the same

between

probably after

probably part

 

he was thrown his wrist bruised

also

all have been ruins

either that or its successor

the remnant

two separate motions a quick motion

a continuous tableau

 

far away the same as

with the other highly favoured doomed to suffer

but once

the fourth

of doubtful meaning and of the margin

it was looked upon more probably

however

doubted accepted

extensive ruins

representing both

 

the first

the whole

there is only nevertheless with two

many

many others

it becomes indistinguishable from a circle

the narrowest

the broadest

minor major the two

afterwards

which one

 

the place may be divided

wonderful

the mystery

the same

evidently authentic

potent

constant

equivalent approximately constant

about the same

the same

after

after

good or bad occasionally

 

which between those a fine fountain

after the sun

after the zero time

 

sometimes henceforth however

of another

brought thither

the slain at least somewhere

the first time

apparently within a single line

and therefore the great circle

the course

which is between the two places

it was

the bridge

often for ever

“dregs”?

 

the garden is made by the separation

into two branches

thus

“whom”

doomed

times violent

a tower lookout

“what god”

massacred bloodshed

the blood is evidently greatest

 

the difference in a certain year was greatest

the first point

should not be limited to the source

 

closely following the first form only

the two kings

are of both forms

most

much

many