WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.730 align:middle line:90% 00:00:02.730 --> 00:00:03.870 align:middle line:90% "East and West." 00:00:03.870 --> 00:00:06.600 align:middle line:90% 00:00:06.600 --> 00:00:09.630 align:middle line:84% Interesting how primary world square 00:00:09.630 --> 00:00:13.200 align:middle line:84% the cycle of meaning every now and then, 00:00:13.200 --> 00:00:18.750 align:middle line:84% the way the inside of a wagon fills with passengers 00:00:18.750 --> 00:00:21.810 align:middle line:90% right before a train departs. 00:00:21.810 --> 00:00:26.760 align:middle line:84% Right now, for instance, East and West 00:00:26.760 --> 00:00:30.330 align:middle line:84% invented so a body could orient itself 00:00:30.330 --> 00:00:37.260 align:middle line:84% by the stars in the desolate expanse, mean more than maps, 00:00:37.260 --> 00:00:44.691 align:middle line:84% where Mecca's on the East side and Los Angeles on the West. 00:00:44.691 --> 00:00:47.730 align:middle line:84% These are the waking ends of the world, 00:00:47.730 --> 00:00:53.550 align:middle line:90% and it all seems so innocent. 00:00:53.550 --> 00:00:58.410 align:middle line:84% I'm going West, but there's an endless series 00:00:58.410 --> 00:01:06.450 align:middle line:84% of towers to the East, electric grid like Eiffel's facing 00:01:06.450 --> 00:01:08.000 align:middle line:90% Paris. 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:11.286 align:middle line:90%