unforum

LGarrett · Boot Joined: 07 Aug 2004 Posts: 39 Location: Austin, TX

Got my copy today. Hooray for postal media mail shipping! Wink

So what's up with the picture on page 63?

- It was obviously composed on a computer and therefore could not have been composed by Ann Starling.

- It's labeled "Artwork_from an anonymous patient at Cambridge Mental Hospital". The underscore may be a typo, but it may be deliberate, as well.

- The crying girl reminds me of the "old woman/young girl" optical illusion.

- The fact that the tears don't fall straight down is reminiscent of a stereotypical treasure map with a dotted line leading to the X marking the spot, or in this case, the rings in the puddle.

Anyone else have any ideas or observations?

**Posted:** Thu Sep 09, 2004 2:31 am

_________________
"I accept unreservedly the views of no man, living or dead." -- Horace Greeley, Recollections of a Busy Life

grumpyboy · Unfettered Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 660

Solve for the following poem on http://www.deadpoems.com/index-2.html which is also on page 81 of the Dead Poems book. (Inspiration sparked by dmax saying that the phrasing of the poem was weird. Then he ping timed out).

**Posted:** Mon Sep 13, 2004 8:58 pm

Flidget Jerome · Unfettered Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 308

I love that poem. The dead only think they're headed towards merciful oblivion. They're actually heading towards an eternity of writing bad poetry.

**Posted:** Mon Sep 13, 2004 10:18 pm

konamouse

Just a bump for the thread to remind us that there is still something unsolved. What message was Ann Starling trying to send to the outside world?

Here is the fragments page for more info from Reed.
And hints/messages from other "readers" as posted by Reed.

**Posted:** Mon Nov 01, 2004 3:45 am

_________________
'squeek'
r u a Sammeeeee? I am Forever!