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Post by thrillchaser on Feb 25, 2020 9:25:33 GMT -5
Poem lines-
As I have gone alone in there
And with my treasures bold
sounds like forrest is saying here he is going someplace people don't normally go and is being bold.
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Post by Jenny on Feb 25, 2020 11:58:20 GMT -5
It does make you wonder 'where' the treasure is located. It's not in a dangerous place, so Forrest wasn't bold for that reason...he didn't go in there boldly or dangerously... Maybe 'bold' hints to a location in some way? It brings up another question ...... why does Forrest dare us? Is he just daring us to explore, seek the edges, and get off our coaches?...... or is it more? Do we have to be bold too to find his treasure? Or was Forrest just bold to do such a thing as hide a million dollar chest of gold in the Rockies? so many questions....lol.... but eventually asking enough of them, answers will be found! That I know and don't question.  |
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Post by flyjack on Feb 25, 2020 12:03:15 GMT -5
"treasures bold"..... that is it.. the backward bicycle,, easier for a child to find....
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Post by davebakedpotato on Feb 25, 2020 12:12:18 GMT -5
'Bold' certainly does stand out (hoho).
I don't think Forrest is saying he was bold, because the tense is wrong. He has gone (past tense) so I think the correct word would be 'boldly'. It appears that it is the treasures that are bold. In which case, isn't there a very obvious word he could have used to rhyme with 'old'?...
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Post by Jenny on Feb 25, 2020 12:32:43 GMT -5
'Bold' certainly does stand out (hoho). I don't think Forrest is saying he was bold, because the tense is wrong. He has gone (past tense) so I think the correct word would be 'boldly'. It appears that it is the treasures that are bold. In which case, isn't there a very obvious word he could have used to rhyme with 'old'?... If Forrest was a stickler about grammar, I'd agree....but we know he ain't. I think he'd say why can't bold refer to me? But to go along with the thought.... It's possible he did have gold, but because he used it in the last stanza, he didn't want to use it again...so changed it to bold....and thought 'what does it matter- it rhymes and works- and I or my treasures are bold' (or better yet- it is a hint to the location and really works great) These are the things that aren't known.....and leaves us in the fog.... we try to peer through it all, and we think we can see a solution/reasoning for it all, but who's to say it isn't all an interpretational illusion- except the one who holds the treasure chest at the end? And don't get me wrong...I'm not complaining...I never mind a mystery.... So hear me all and listen good, Your effort will be worth the cold. If you are brave and in the wood I give you title to the gold. |
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Post by seannm on Feb 25, 2020 14:51:41 GMT -5
Bold is synonymous with conspicuous.
Conspicuous is synonymous with blaze.
It is much like the bold red typed “DO NOT TOUCH” in TTOTC.
Seannm
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Post by flyjack on Feb 25, 2020 15:04:40 GMT -5
treasures bold.... get on the backward bike folks,,,
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Post by me9 on Feb 25, 2020 15:35:18 GMT -5
Hi Forrest, You once said you walked the 92 miles from West Yellowstone to Bozeman to just experience it. Obviously you were much younger than you were when you hid the treasure. Too far to walk means different things at different ages so I was wondering if you would be so bold as to give an estimate of how far you walked to hide the treasure after leaving your car: was it >10miles, between 5 and 10 miles, between 1 and 5 miles, or less than 1 mile? ~Thanks, Ron Ron, your question sounds like a travelogue, but I’ll answer it. No, I don’t want to be that bold. But I will say that I walked less than a few miles if that will help. I just looked “few” up and one definition is “scant.” Why do I sound like I’m talking in circles? f mysteriouswritings.com/featured-question-with-forrest-talking-in-circles/ |
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Post by seannm on Feb 25, 2020 21:45:04 GMT -5
Bold is synonymous with conspicuous. Conspicuous is synonymous with blaze. It is much like the bold red typed “DO NOT TOUCH” in TTOTC. Seannm All, Just as the sentence in stanza 6: "So hear me all and listen good, your effort will be worth the cold.", might be alluding to the effort of enduring a cold water feature (as water may be the only cold thing in the Rocky Mountains year round), quite possibly the place that is no place for the meek. Might not stanza one be alluding to another key feature in the physical world: the blaze? Just my thoughts, but others might differ. Seannm |
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Post by flyjack on Feb 25, 2020 21:56:47 GMT -5
Cold...
1 : with utter finality : ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY
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Post by seannm on Feb 25, 2020 22:11:43 GMT -5
Cold... 1 : with utter finality : ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY Sure that is definitely plausible, and it is one theory I have discussed at length in the past. So ones effort in hearing all that he says/writes, and listening good to that which you hear/read, will be worth the "certainty". And there is a distinct difference in one hearing what one says and listening good to that which you hear. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_and_cold_cognitionHot/Cold cognition is much like one being objective versus one being subjective. But there are other meanings of "the cold" as well. One would need to understand the articles of grammar: a, an and the, to comprehend that the word cold is used as a noun not an adverb. But that of course would then imply that one believes grammar is important in deciphering the poem, and most do not. Seannm |
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Post by flyjack on Feb 25, 2020 23:36:20 GMT -5
Cold... 1 : with utter finality : ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY Sure that is definitely plausible, and it is one theory I have discussed at length in the past. So ones effort in hearing all that he says/writes, and listening good to that which you hear/read, will be worth the "certainty". And there is a distinct difference in one hearing what one says and listening good to that which you hear. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_and_cold_cognitionHot/Cold cognition is much like one being objective versus one being subjective. But there are other meanings of "the cold" as well. One would need to understand the articles of grammar: a, an and the, to comprehend that the word cold is used as a noun not an adverb. But that of course would then imply that one believes grammar is important in deciphering the poem, and most do not. Seannm Grammar is not important,,, I think Fenn said so.. |
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Post by davebakedpotato on Feb 26, 2020 2:07:27 GMT -5
'Bold' certainly does stand out (hoho). I don't think Forrest is saying he was bold, because the tense is wrong. He has gone (past tense) so I think the correct word would be 'boldly'. It appears that it is the treasures that are bold. In which case, isn't there a very obvious word he could have used to rhyme with 'old'?... If Forrest was a stickler about grammar, I'd agree....but we know he ain't. I think he'd say why can't bold refer to me? But to go along with the thought.... It's possible he did have gold, but because he used it in the last stanza, he didn't want to use it again...so changed it to bold....and thought 'what does it matter- it rhymes and works- and I or my treasures are bold' (or better yet- it is a hint to the location and really works great) These are the things that aren't known.....and leaves us in the fog.... we try to peer through it all, and we think we can see a solution/reasoning for it all, but who's to say it isn't all an interpretational illusion- except the one who holds the treasure chest at the end? And don't get me wrong...I'm not complaining...I never mind a mystery.... So hear me all and listen good, Your effort will be worth the cold. If you are brave and in the wood I give you title to the gold. Are there any other gramatical errors in the poem? I'm not sure he would knowingly walk away from one having crafted the poem so carefully. On the other hand he does refer to his actions as bold sometimes (7/7/14): "To make that success would be the boldest move I ever made and to that end I just want it all the more.f" Which might leave us with a hint to the location which works really great. In that vein, we also can't ignore the possibility that he needed the letters in the word bold to create some sort of confirmer (b-old? An old 'b' road? - not sure if you have these over there). It is certainly a foggy puzzle! |
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Post by goldilocks on Feb 26, 2020 7:50:57 GMT -5
He says it takes "mettle enough to strike the trail..." which to me sounds like we will be the ones needing the courage, not because it's scary or dangerous, but because it takes trusting Forrest, to take him up on his "outrageous dare".
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Post by seannm on Feb 26, 2020 8:16:41 GMT -5
Sure that is definitely plausible, and it is one theory I have discussed at length in the past. So ones effort in hearing all that he says/writes, and listening good to that which you hear/read, will be worth the "certainty". And there is a distinct difference in one hearing what one says and listening good to that which you hear. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_and_cold_cognitionHot/Cold cognition is much like one being objective versus one being subjective. But there are other meanings of "the cold" as well. One would need to understand the articles of grammar: a, an and the, to comprehend that the word cold is used as a noun not an adverb. But that of course would then imply that one believes grammar is important in deciphering the poem, and most do not. Seannm Grammar is not important,,, I think Fenn said so.. One might infer that from some obscure after the fact comment, but Forrest has never definitively stated that grammar is not important in his poem. Seannm |
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