The bold part of this sentence is extremely hard for me to understand:

Now I can’t see that crisis any longer means a climax, unless we are willing to grant that every breath of wind has a climax(which I am) (...)

—from Space, Time and Dance by Merce Cunningham

Does it mean

a) Crisis means a climax to the author,

or

b) Crisis doesn't mean climax to the author any longer?

Or maybe it's neither of those two.

The examples sentences on Merriam Webster are easy to understand because there any longer is at the end of the sentences. However, I don't understand what it means in the quoted sentence, where it is not at the end. What does it mean there?

The bold part of this sentence is extremely hard for me to understand:

There is also a tendency to imply a crisis to which one goes and then in some way retreats from. Now I can’t see that crisis any longer means a climax, unless we are willing to grant that every breath of wind has a climax(which I am) (...)

—from Space, Time and Dance by Merce Cunningham

Does it mean

a) Crisis means a climax to the author,

or

b) Crisis doesn't mean climax to the author any longer?

Or maybe it's neither of those two.

The examples sentences on Merriam Webster are easy to understand because there any longer is at the end of the sentences. However, I don't understand what it means in the quoted sentence, where it is not at the end. What does it mean there?

'Now I can’t see that crisis any longer means a climax, unless we are willing to grant that every breath of wind has a climax(which I am) (...)' from Space, Time and Dance by Merce Cunningham

The bold part of the sentence is extremely hard to me to understand. Does the meaning

a) Crisis means a climax to the author,

or

b) Crisis doesn't mean climax to the author any longer?

Or maybe it's neither of them.

The exemplary sentences on Merriam Webster are clear to understand as 'any longer' is at the end of the sentences. However, in the quoted sentence, I don't get the meaning. What does it mean?

The bold part of this sentence is extremely hard for me to understand:

Now I can’t see that crisis any longer means a climax, unless we are willing to grant that every breath of wind has a climax(which I am) (...)

—from Space, Time and Dance by Merce Cunningham

Does it mean

a) Crisis means a climax to the author,

or

b) Crisis doesn't mean climax to the author any longer?

Or maybe it's neither of those two.

The examples sentences on Merriam Webster are easy to understand because there any longer is at the end of the sentences. However, I don't understand what it means in the quoted sentence, where it is not at the end. What does it mean there?

'Now I can’t see that crisis any longer means a climax, unless we are willing to grant that every breath of wind has a climax'. from Space, Time and Dance by Merce Cunningham

The bold part of the sentence is extremely hard to me to understand. Does the meaning

a) Crisis means a climax to the author,

or

b) Crisis doesn't mean climax to the author any longer?

Or maybe it's neither of them.

The exemplary sentences on Merriam Webster are clear to understand as 'any longer' is at the end of the sentences. However, in the quoted sentence, I don't get the meaning. What does it mean?

'Now I can’t see that crisis any longer means a climax, unless we are willing to grant that every breath of wind has a climax(which I am) (...)' from Space, Time and Dance by Merce Cunningham

The bold part of the sentence is extremely hard to me to understand. Does the meaning

a) Crisis means a climax to the author,

or

b) Crisis doesn't mean climax to the author any longer?

Or maybe it's neither of them.

The exemplary sentences on Merriam Webster are clear to understand as 'any longer' is at the end of the sentences. However, in the quoted sentence, I don't get the meaning. What does it mean?