“Had we but world enough and time,
Pure firstness, indeed, were no crime.
But we must index our days as future
Becomes present, as thirteen becomes twelve.
You ask for a definition of…”
A Poem written by Paul Ryan in 2010 as a response to a recent meeting with dOCUMENTA (13) artistic director Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev.
“Had we but world enough and time,
Pure firstness, indeed, were no crime.
But we must index our days as future
Becomes present, as thirteen becomes twelve.
You ask for a definition of…”
