We project ourselves. . . past the End, so as to see the structure as a whole, a thing we cannot dofrom our spot in the middle”
This is an interesting perspective on apocalypse, referring to it as the end. It is, in a way, allowing us to envision what the end of the world and/or civilization might look like from our "spot in the middle." What would it be called to envision what the beginning of the world and/or civilization would be like?