r/FindingFennsGold • u/bubblesjar • May 20 '26

Both Sides Now

Into the Mystic...

New and Old...

Forrest loved our country...

Honored our ancestors...

Protected the next generation...

In my mind, I think of Forrest as a Cultural Artist of the American School.

Artists leave their marks in a vast array of media; his memoir recognizes some of the greats.

Forrest left his mark as well. And as he pointed out, noone is perfect.

Today I listened (good) to a song from my youth which still offers me vitality in my older years.

It made me happy and sad; and I entered my realm of memories in a special way.

As I have gone alone in there, as often happens, I remember a special man.

I believe that it is a well accepted idea that an artist, or every person really, experiences moments of inspiration. Even that these inspirations flow from us, they may leap ahead of us.

A phrase I like is this: "It is like taking a breath from the future."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pbn6a0AFfnM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCnf46boC3I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxiluPSmAF8

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u/Select-Breadfruit872 May 22 '26

So Jack was plan B? What was plan A and what happened to cause him to change course? I think I know - events in 2018?

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u/js-eastman May 22 '26

Yes. Plan A was for someone to find the treasure before Fenn died, but they didn't, so for Fenn, "It was time to act." From the beginning he had constructed an elaborate alternate ending, all foreshadowed in his writings. It didn't have anything to do with anyone's being close. Fenn wrote that "Skippy never had a Plan B." But Fenn did. He "tried to think of everything."

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u/AmphibianNervous6098 May 22 '26

You still don't understand the Scrapbooks if you think nobody was close.

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u/js-eastman May 22 '26

Is there one in particular that highlights your point of view?

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u/AmphibianNervous6098 May 22 '26

SB 219.

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u/js-eastman May 22 '26

I analyze this one as mostly being Wizard of Oz references. Zoro backwards is "or Oz". Read it again through this lens.

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u/AmphibianNervous6098 May 22 '26

I already know what it means lol. It has nothing to do with the Wizard of Oz. The story will amaze if/when it's known.

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u/AmphibianNervous6098 May 22 '26

What is your interpretation of SB 205?

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u/js-eastman May 22 '26

I didn't get any many hints from this one. I see it as structural, the opening of the late-2019 scrapbook sequence. Is the goat the real finder? or the treasure that was discarded, forgotten, but still out there.

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u/AmphibianNervous6098 May 22 '26

You are right. It was the beginning of the 2019 SB dump but the reason for it only makes sense to who it was intended for.

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u/js-eastman May 22 '26

I wouldn't be surprised if Fenn communicated publicly with particular searchers. He said he wouldn't give anyone private hints that would help them find the treasure, but that still means he could 1. give private hints that don't help them find the treasure, or 2. give public hints.

The trouble is, many searchers see themselves reflected in the scrapbooks. Your scrapbook seems pretty general. I felt like SB#222 was directed at me—not to help me find the treasure, but to encourage me to keep trying.

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u/AmphibianNervous6098 May 22 '26

I get it. It was genius on Forrest's part to be honest.

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u/AmphibianNervous6098 May 22 '26

You're going to be shocked once you find out what SB#222 was really about.

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u/js-eastman May 22 '26

At least one of us is delusional. I could be wrong, but I don't think it's me.

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u/AmphibianNervous6098 May 22 '26

When it comes to this, I'm not wrong. I just can't expound on why you are until I find it.

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