Boston solution refined

[diceycat]

The way I read it ,the location for the final dig spot is 5 steps towards the pitcher mound  from the home plate.

First off let me explain my colour theory when it comes to the colour black or white or blue or green or brown .

Colours in art convey different meanings. It could just be the colour of the object but….
Black is usually associated with death/ the end of something( like the end of the treasure hunt) is close at hand , mourning a loss as well as night/ dread.  it could just be a shadow of something or something that use to be there ( train whistle in Herman park) etc. something opposite to that is White, which could be something 1st/ recent/new/  bright / virgin/etc. In NOLA, Armstrong park was a new refurbished park when BP chose it. Hence the white face of the Louis Armstrong mask. White could also be in name like White Point garden in Charleston.
If the object is surrounded by blue ,then the blue is either sky/ water or something that has the name that pertains to sky or water like lake park drive in Milwaukee.

Now let’s get back to Boston and look for the black.
You see black surrounding the home plate on the sleeve, the nose is black (I call it a home plate as well), the hair ( JJP said it represents the baseball diamond),the nose in relation to the hair kinda makes it a pitcher mound, black perch( polo club for Puopolo), that the bird is on , the black individual on the knuckle ball hand walking to a mound.
If you find the centre of the painting you see it lands just below the nose . So it’s close to home plate.
Look at the fairy, she is catching a fly ball ( far out in the field). To achieve that you must be facing the pitcher.
When you draw a line on the painting from the lower left to the upper right you cross the home plate , the pitcher hand ,the pitcher mound then the centre of the painting then the outer edge of the baseball diamond ( the girls hair) then the water ( the blue port hole). The blue could also represent some sky since fly balls arc high up in the air.

Green would be for something growing , fresh, youthful, Irish, money etc. as well as just something that’s painted green or has a name like green acres.
Brown would be earth , tree trunks , mud, a name , time of day, think of all the different ways that colour can represent an object. Brown might just the colour of the object.

Next think size of the object in the painting and the relationship of one object to the other. Is it north of or above, Is it to the left or east of are they close together , does it overlap Etc.

I don’t think there is any good reason to put a hand with a knuckle ball grip in the painting (does a knuckle ball pitch produce more fly balls?) unless it pertains to the pitcher which is where you take 5 steps in his direction. Your facing the water and your back is to the stairs .
Remember what BP’s daughter said. From the treasure ground you can see everything in the painting.

The other possibility for the location is 5 steps towards the USS Constitution from home plate.
GLTA

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Occam's razor:
We got a box + a batter in yellow square below = Batter's box
Two feet pointing to the right side corner of home (red ovals). A white foot and a shadow foot.

[diceycat]

The way I see it is the Old North Church is represented by the box. Don’t know if Paul Revere made silver boxes or not but the light emanating from the box is for the lamp light that shone from the top of the church window. It could have two meanings. 

As far as the individual in the hand being the batter rather than the pitcher , he is facing the home plate on the sleeve and is shown in the hand of a knuckle ball pitch.
 If you were standing on home plate on the sleeve you would be looking in the right direction towards the pitcher. “ Take five steps in his direction”. Actually the foot could be the clue for the 5 steps and the direction . I don’t think you need the foot there by home plate  to reinforce the fact that that’s a home plate, the shape says it all but then again maybe that’s just the way JJP depicts the “feel at home”

Who can the “his” be in the statement “ take five steps in his direction “.

I can only see 2 possibilities. Either the pitcher ,your facing him , that’s the direction,( since your back is toward the stairs) or maybe Thucydides (the USS Constitution ship) as a long shot, but there are too many baseball/ pitching / fly ball images in the painting.
Another possibility, a very long shot ,is you go in the direction of the fairy in the left field in the painting ,(assuming that the fairy is actually a he that likes to cross dress)

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Thucydides north of Xenophon or Th north of X may be third base north of X (the spot) or home.
As to the guy in the hand, he's standing in the batter box with his leg stretched to home plate. The two lines on top left are his elbows as he is holding the bat with both hands. His bat is the shadow of the little finger hanging down about 30 degrees.

[diceycat]

To take the letters Th and somehow convert that into third base is a head scratcher and the X in Xenophon, well…. I guess we all see things differently. Maybe JJP can clarify on this some day.
I guess one could argue that the fairy is out there in the direction of the third base, but then again ,she is not a he.

I like to keep it simple. Xenophon = Constitution …Stop, nothing more . Thucydides = Historian (History) …Stop nothing more. Both are north of the ball field.
Each line in the verse has one use in solving the puzzle.

You think the guy in the hand is a batter in the batters box ,( doesn’t make sense to me, why is he facing home plate?). I think he’s the pitcher ( the pinky finger nail is the pitchers baseball).
I see a pitchers mound . You see a batters box.Will we ever know for sure?
Then answer this question . Who exactly is he referring to when is says “ take 5 steps in his direction “.

I highly doubt he is referring to the direction the batter takes. There is no indication that the batter is heading for first base or the bench. If he were to be heading for the bench then which side ? Was that a strike one and he’s still at home plate?  Way too complicated for it to be the batter( You are the batter and your looking towards the pitcher).

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If Thucydides is third base north of X then five steps towards "Th" from home plate where the batter is would put you right in front of the verdigris light tower. So intersection of 3rd base line and perpendicular line from light tower would be a good spot.

If Thucydides is
North of Xenophon
Take five steps
In the area of his direction
A green tower of lights

BTW "the area" is synonym of "the base" as in base of operation/area of. So "In the area"=base, "his"=third. Base of third direction.

[diceycat]

Sorry, but there is nothing to indicate that Thucydides played 3rd base for the Greeks or any other form of baseball for that matter, other than taking the first two letters and making it fit your assumptions. None of the previous puzzles worked that way. I’m not saying it’s not possible but I think it’s highly improbable.

To draw a line perpendicular from the light tower? Nowhere does it say in the verse to do that. We can’t be making stuff up to fit our beliefs. It’s 5 steps in his direction and nothing more.
“Area “,is just that , a General location . If you want to call it a base then the home plate is technically the 4th base. I would stick to the definitions of the words rather than synonyms . The rabbit holes are many already and by adding more layers and distancing oneself further from the words ,then good luck.
If you believe that the catcher on third base is the “his” he is referring to then fine , even though it doesn’t make sense to me doesn’t mean it’s wrong.

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Alright, don't draw a line. Walk 5 steps towards 3rd base and you find yourself directly in front of the light tower as a confirmer.
Similar to Chicago hunt where they apparently found the cask at the end of 10X13 in front of electrical fixture on the wall. You could draw a line from the wall or not. You are in front of it. Since you are so fond of drawing lines on your images I thought maybe it would resonate!

[diceycat]

I like my lines on the painting, like those who like the Lat Longitude numbers. Everything that is painted has a reason and logic for being there in that position, that colour, that shape . If you don’t stick to the same pattern thinking for all 12 puzzles then no point in even having a painting as a guide.
The stairs are one way point,. Your back is to that .The home plate is a way point look to the front and the direction of that line goes to the individual which is the third way point . Form a straight line. If you think the back of a batter is towards the stairs ,No, the back would point you out towards the water( assuming your a right handed batter).
So if you draw a straight line from the stairs through the home plate you will end up at the “his direction” Not sure if steps leading down to the baseball diamond are considered to be stairs or just steps,( I think there were steps there can’t confirm due to the on-site construction), or do we use one the stairs going up Copps Hill. That’s the problem, there are 3 sets of stairs by Copps hill. Good Luck.