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Syncopal

'ARG Information' posted something interesting this morning on FB:

**Posted:** Sun May 30, 2010 10:06 am

notgordian

I'm beginning to think that Jessica/PathologicalTruth is actually part of this particular ARG/experience/whatever this is, although truth and fiction seem to be more muddled here than I'm used to -- I didn't follow Shane's other projects but seem to recall that being par for the course given my vague recollections of Silver Ladder...

It's more likely that Jessica is merely mingling personal assets with in-game ones for a collaboration, but a few things piqued my curiosity.

Things that got me curious:
-in addition to the "Door" video posted to the PathologicalTruth Youtube page, there is now a Time is Running Out video that seems in line with the ARG Information post
-the Art Pathological Facebook account's first wall post was about the ARG Information DVD
-the dedication to Shane launching the Reflections blog
-The This Is Not an ARG clip from the ARG Information DVD seems thematically matched with the TINAG trail on PathologicalTruth, leading to a registration page.

Again, I'm not sure how much of this is Jessica, how much is part of the Pathological Truth experience, and how much of this is part of whatever is going on with Maxwell.

**Posted:** Sun May 30, 2010 11:25 am

pia ward · Decorated Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 231

I too am feeling a little disoriented by the muddling of truth and fiction, notgordian. Although that is making it all the more intriguing (for me at least.)

Here's what's posted on Mr. Proffitt's wall now:

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Today at 5:52am
Art should be free don't manufacture anything! There is some nonsense.

The DVD you bought was manufactured by someone in their house. The person bought the raw materials and charged a price to recoup the loss and pay for the interview. Since art should be free and not manufactured and distributed copy the disc and give it to people. Sure, you will be stealing from Shane Watson who is the common friend here. You will help him inch toward a destiny in a cubicle. You would hurt someone you admire but the art will be free. Or is it only good to steal when you don't see the people. Stealing from the faceless Korporation would be great. You don't see the people who work there.

Everyone gets something out of what they create when they bring it to the public. It might be reputation, money, friendship or a place on a reality show but everyone sets a price.

**Posted:** Sun May 30, 2010 3:29 pm

heybeesly

I attempted to engage Maxwell in discussion with a message about free art, and how it's something I've struggled with in my career both as a theatre practitioner and as a teacher. It was quite lengthy and a bit rambly, but I got this response:

**Posted:** Sun May 30, 2010 4:19 pm

pia ward · Decorated Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 231

I can't make head or tails of that response either, heybeesly.

But a little of what he says seems to me to be very much in line with Ayn Rand's philosophical treatise "The Virtues of Selfishness". In a nutshell: No such thing as altruism. We all do things out of self-interest.

This creates an interesting dichotomy. We as a society are drawn to those people who exhibit altruistic behaviors (even though their self-interested behavior is getting them precisely what they crave: our admiration and praise) yet we demean and at times shun those who want to sell us products or become rich in the process of selling us those products (even though we WANT those products and will go so far as to degrade ourselves morally by stealing them.)

The 2 photos he chose to put up are also rather interesting I think.

**Posted:** Sun May 30, 2010 11:17 pm

Syncopal

Posted To Maxwell's FB page:

**Posted:** Mon May 31, 2010 11:40 am

Nighthawk

So I submitted my information on the TINAF page listed earlier in this thread (which essentially sends an email using your local client; not a fan of that, but it's quick and dirty).

Just got my response:

**Posted:** Mon May 31, 2010 9:02 pm

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notgordian

Also worth noting (although again, this may be from the PathologicalTruth whatever-it-is, so may turn out to be irrelevant) there's what looks to be a barcode on two keys on the TINAK page.

**Posted:** Mon May 31, 2010 9:32 pm

MrToasty

Back from the long weekend and my DVD showed up in the mail.

First, email I received from Jessica after I ordered:

**Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 2:01 am

amandel

Purely guessing as you, Toasty, have TEH mad skillz. B + A + C + H ="14"= "N". Dunno

**Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 7:58 am

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Tresbien · Unfictologist Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436

[SPEC] Twitter and Video

Nighthawk

Re: Twitter and Video

**Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 9:53 am

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Tresbien · Unfictologist Joined: 09 Jun 2006 Posts: 1436

Re: Twitter and Video

**Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:20 am

amandel

Interesting, Tres. Saying like Fox Mulders "I want to believe" so have followed back Voxstat (latin meaning: cry instantly).
Also this just posted on FB:

**Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:34 am

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"I could write a hell of a paper on a grown man who dresses like a flying rodent."
"Can you hook up with a Snow Person? Can't tell you or I'd have to marry you."

pia ward · Decorated Joined: 14 Sep 2009 Posts: 231

Amandel. The quote on Arg information is from Marylin Monroe.

"First, I'm trying to prove to myself that I'm a person. Then maybe I'll convince myself that I'm an actress."

No idea what that means though.

**Posted:** Tue Jun 01, 2010 11:47 am