My latest weird ideas on what if's

[CJ]

So, I recently had a new idea - a new perspective, if you will.

If FF was an architect in designing the poem, then, perhaps, we need to BUILD something from it.

How does that strike you? "Don't mess with my poem"? Well, maybe he just meant not to change any words because, much like he said in the most recent interview "you need them ALL".

My first attempt at this resulted in two things that other people have previously suggested:

1. It's a word puzzle.
2. You need to subtract things in order to get to the meaning by seeing what's left.

I don't know if what I'm doing is correct, but it's an interesting new concept for me.

The result of my first attempt at the first clue resulted in Towa....which seems weird, but that's the language of the Jemez group of Pueblo Indians.

I've seen some good old solve around Jemez and I know it was a popular spot....a little weird that the way I determined the clue resulted in a language (associated with a location), but not an actual location.

It's probably wrong, but interesting to me, for now.

[goldilocks]

Not weird at all. I was on similar train of thought recently. I was thinking of toys from 1930's like legos which were basically wooden blocks with letters and numbers on them. If stacked properly spell a message...

[thetruthisoutthere]

CJ,
Your ideas,
1. It's a word puzzle.
-Yes, I completely agree. This isn't just possible but I think it's likely to be the case.

2. You need to subtract things in order to get to the meaning by seeing what's left.
-Forrest's comments that you shouldn't discount any words makes this an iffy proposition.

As to your finding of Towa, Forrest has a strong interest in the archeology of New Mexico. So worth seeing if you can solve the puzzle toward something more specific? One of my favorite solves was in the vicinity of some Tewa sites. At least it makes for interesting BOTG. The history of that area is fascinating. A good source for native place names around the Jemez is a century old publication called The Ethnogeography of the Tewa Indians. It's way past copyright so you can get full text online.