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Post by drpepperwood on Nov 3, 2018 17:12:24 GMT -5
The key word is contentment. Something no one will really ever truly achieve. No matter how much they hold it in their palms it will eventually slip through the cracks at the slightest feeling of uncertainty. While partial contentment can be sustained for a brief time frame, it is not an enduring sentiment.
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Post by cowlazars on Nov 14, 2018 11:51:44 GMT -5
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Post by goldwatch on Nov 14, 2018 12:54:45 GMT -5
I don't want to miss this. I think I understand the "word that is key", but I haven't figure it out in the poem. So this should be interesting. And maybe an eye opener. |
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Post by lookinup on Nov 14, 2018 16:26:47 GMT -5
The word that really says it all, IMO is:
'Key'.
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Post by goldwatch on Nov 14, 2018 17:42:21 GMT -5
The word that really says it all, IMO is:
'Key'.
Yep, I agree. I think "a word that is key" refers to only one word out of many in the poem. That was a word that simply hadn't been discussed at the time. However, I think there is a key to find. And that's not a word in the poem, it's only hinted at in the poem. But remember, a key lock has multiple tumblers.  lol This is 'National Treasure' stuff. |
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Post by goldwatch on Nov 14, 2018 17:59:26 GMT -5
That's just my opinion, though. Maybe I'm all wet.  |
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Post by lookinup on Nov 14, 2018 19:09:35 GMT -5
Refraction/reflection; image point and rays of light - Interesting to also note that the Latin word for 'focus' is...fireplace.
Fenn physics in action?
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Post by drpepperwood on Nov 15, 2018 9:56:14 GMT -5
Absarokee Hut
"kee"
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Post by heidini on Nov 15, 2018 10:16:56 GMT -5
Refraction/reflection; image point and rays of light - Interesting to also note that the Latin word for 'focus' is...fireplace.
Fenn physics in action?
Fireplace is pretty cool! |
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Post by goldwatch on Nov 15, 2018 10:35:12 GMT -5
Refraction/reflection; image point and rays of light - Interesting to also note that the Latin word for 'focus' is...fireplace.
Fenn physics in action?
Fireplace is pretty cool! Yes it is. Latin is pretty cool. I'll give up another one. "Lege" is latin for "law." As in, "knowlege." Know law. But Forrest said "imagination is more important than knowlege." So what does that mean? Did Forrest have an imaginative way to beat the laws governing finding a "hoard?" Could the treasure be hidden in a National Park after all? Or did he mean something else? |
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Post by lookinup on Nov 15, 2018 20:37:06 GMT -5
When in wonder I am again reminded to revisit a place where it all seems to make sense; where it all seems to come together:
"Why do yellow and purple flowers flourish where no one is there to see? The answer is at last obvious to me. No one has to see what is there.....the grass sees and the trees and rushing water of the spring also see. What has made me think that I had to see the beauty that is there in order to confirm its existence?"
Think ~
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Post by goldwatch on Nov 15, 2018 22:57:01 GMT -5
When in wonder I am again reminded to revisit a place where it all seems to make sense; where it all seems to come together:
"Why do yellow and purple flowers flourish where no one is there to see? The answer is at last obvious to me. No one has to see what is there.....the grass sees and the trees and rushing water of the spring also see. What has made me think that I had to see the beauty that is there in order to confirm its existence?"
Think ~
Yeah, I've gotten some hints from that story. For those who don't have the book (The Thrill Of The Chase), this story is in it. Along with a lot of other stuff in the chapter "My War For Me." I sometimes wonder if Forrest wouldn't have liked to fly over that place again in his Piper airplane, had circumstances in the world been different. dalneitzel.com/2013/02/23/scrapbook-thirteen/I've also been working on a means to define a measurement from this story. Call it a "Fenn Measure." This is because there are a lot of measurements listed, and Forrest keeps mentioning things like "links" and such. It's slow going, but I'm inching my way forward. I think, anyways. Yes, thinking is good. It's also fun, if you throw in imagination and toss ideas around, as if you're rolling over a rock to see what's under it. |
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Post by drpepperwood on Nov 16, 2018 13:43:34 GMT -5
"Why do yellow and purple flowers flourish where no one is there to see? The answer is at last obvious to me. No one has to see what is there.....the grass sees and the trees and rushing water of the spring also see. What has made me think that I had to see the beauty that is there in order to confirm its existence?"
Think ~
Because the truth is if people were there to see they would destroy it. Pick the flowers, walk on them, burn it, pollute the water and then there will be no one to see. He is (imo) saying just leave it alone.
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Post by cowlazars on Nov 16, 2018 13:58:36 GMT -5
Is the message in the poem intentional or not?
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Post by goldwatch on Nov 16, 2018 19:27:20 GMT -5
Is the message in the poem intentional or not? That was very interesting, and revealing. I think it is intentional. Have you noticed that in Forrest' stories about the family trips to West Yellowstone, he takes us up US Hwy 25 to Casper, then turns to Hell's Half Acre. From Casper you can go up 25 to the Medicine Wheel, and from Hell's Half Acre you can go past OH!'s "Arminto Road" solution (from the story in TTOTC), to Shoshoni, and from there up to Meeteetse. So that story in TTOTC, "The Long Ride Home", fit in very well with the anagram included. |
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