Page 3
By Jack Joseph Smith
At the up
of painting
Or at the down
being by
of going, up--
Choquel
To - otherwise
up by being
Van Gogh down
As Inbetween even
still lookin ->
at the middle
To have it an
go think of Michael Angelo
As only up a down
Original Scan
AI Interpretation
GPT
A handwritten fragment moves between up, down, painting, Van Gogh and Michael Angelo, then returns to the middle and the relation between up and down.
The repeated up, down and middle positions sit beside painters' names and the activity of looking. Revisions alter that movement without establishing a continuous argument; unread or unplaced marginal words should not be used to complete it.
Claude
A handwritten draft revises its own directions, striking top and bottom so the rows read 'At the up' and 'Or at the down', then names 'Choquel', 'Van Gogh down' and 'Michael Angelo'. It ends with 'at the middle' and 'As only up a down'.
The page reads as a working sketch in which up, down and the middle become positions for looking at painting. Its many strike-throughs and replacement words make the act of revising part of the fragment's argument about vantage points.