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“We are always on a scene, but any scene is at the intersection of any number of other scenes, and we can describe this fairly precisely and embed it consequentially in idioms. The problems of time and space in center study have identical solutions—both come down to overlapping scenes; more precisely, in the case of time, the middle of one scene being the ending of another scene and the beginning of yet another; when it comes to space, the occupants on the margin of one scene are at the center of another scene. Our knowledge of our own and others’ presence on these distributed scenes, which can be multiplied as needed beyond the simple model I’m presenting here, is in varying degrees ostensive, imperative, interrogative and declarative. I’d like to situate Michael Polanyi’s model of tacit knowing in originary grammatical terms, as our distribution across scenes is also our distribution across the various speech acts we articulate, are addressed by, and “give off” to various recipients.”

— Adam Katz, Trails of Attentionality · Apr 30, 2026 · Bouvard Substack