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By Jack Joseph Smith
as I
used to say,
all action
travels through
the Universe,
Possibly thought,
Who is first, is
an individual
thing
By Jack Joseph Smith
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
A brief philosophical note arguing that action moves through the whole universe even though priority and meaning are experienced at the scale of the individual.
The page feels like notebook metaphysics. It reaches for cosmic scope, then narrows back to the singular person as the place where firstness and thought are actually felt.
'as I / used to say' is the confession the page opens with — the speaker marking his own old line, then doubling back on it. Action traveling through the universe is the big claim; 'Who is first, is / an individual / thing' is the correction. The universe is where it happens, but priority is where you live.