Game solutions.
Bonjour mes amies.
Regarding the game played here at our site which ended Dec. 31st: As you know we had no winner. But some of you e-mailed some interesting strategies for solving it and others e-mailed interesting conclusions you reached while trying to solve it clue by clue. We promised to publish some of those because not only did they exhibit various degrees of problem solving skills, they were also indicative of how differently people conceptualize when given the same information. Those play into what Dream Teller continually points out here; differences, and it is our differences that make each of us who we are.
The first we will publish came in the form of a poem which tells us this gentleman (who happens to be a soldier in Iraq) has a poetic nature and thinks in that form. And how wonderful is it that he can can maintain that poetic nature in the middle of a brutal war? Mayhap it is the beauty of poetry that sustains him in such troubled times and surroundings so here is his answer:
The Twains Will Meet...
Darkness will relinquish to Light
On the fabled Solstice Night
21 of December marks Yule on the day
That the veil of Winter Solstice allows us to play
We were quite taken with this answer and felt it needed publishing, for a wealth of information is contained within these few lines. Onyxroots (our e-mailer) obviously has command of the Witch's calendar and our holidays, his concept of the 'veil', as applied here, lends credence to his understanding that it can applied in various ways while still maintaining it's true nature, and all of it is significant of his comfort level with putting his thoughts into poetry form and offering it for other's review. From that, we sense that here is a man comfortable in his own skin, deep of thought, but with the added blessing of a playful nature. We sincerely hope he will ply us with more of his poetry, for it is in that artform that one finds many sources of pleasure. Blessed May You Be, soldier, and stay safe.
The next answer was the one closest to solving the game. It was her decided flair for delving deeper into the literal that appears to have derailed her from reaching the end conclusion. That isn't to say that taking things in a literal sense is wrong, for one must recognize the obvious before one can attempt to seek what may not be obvious. Her problem solving skills lend evidence of a deep thinker who first takes the obvious point by point, lays them out in order then takes them apart to find the solution. Her strategy goes as follows:
Right off the mark Lori realized that addition and reduction were solutions to achieve a number which was 7. The second clue verified that a number was what she was looking for. The 3rd clue verified that when she went to the dictionary for the definition of the word 'number'. From that same definition she ferreted out the word 'cardinal' of which 7 is a cardinal number. She took that and harked back to clue #2 that asked 'what is in a number' and here is where she concluded that there must be a deeper meaning. She listed what was related to 'the' number rather than thinking in simpler terms of 'a' (key word)number. On her list was 7 sins; 7days in a week; 7th sister; 7 members in a basic Coven. As you can see she reached the partial answer of '7' and stuck on the number itself and things related 'to' it rather than what is 'in' a number, and therefore could only work with the number itself. Had Lori stepped back from looking at the solution as having only numerical value she might have been able to broaden her view and reached for other possibilities.
It is obvious that Lori is mathematically inclined and that inclination boxed her in so that she only traveled that path of thought. From her strategy you can see how the mathematician's mind works. We have high praise for Lori and her skills, for many of us aren't able to stick with numbers and find them interesting enough to go forward with that line of problem solving. Congratulations Lori, for being closest to the answer.
Those are only two of the interesting solutions but they were the most prominent in catching our attention. As you can see, they were at different ends of the problem solving spectrum which goes to how interesting individuals are. A poet and a mathematician, yet each found the challenge interesting enough to woo them to put their skills to use, for the same purpose. Is it not obvious that even with differing abilities and ways, were we to combine our efforts in seeking solutions that all possible paths being covered might lead to one solution? Acceptance of our differences, respect for those differences, and the will to reach out to others... Ponder, and Blessed May You All Be, Kaithlin.
Regarding the game played here at our site which ended Dec. 31st: As you know we had no winner. But some of you e-mailed some interesting strategies for solving it and others e-mailed interesting conclusions you reached while trying to solve it clue by clue. We promised to publish some of those because not only did they exhibit various degrees of problem solving skills, they were also indicative of how differently people conceptualize when given the same information. Those play into what Dream Teller continually points out here; differences, and it is our differences that make each of us who we are.
The first we will publish came in the form of a poem which tells us this gentleman (who happens to be a soldier in Iraq) has a poetic nature and thinks in that form. And how wonderful is it that he can can maintain that poetic nature in the middle of a brutal war? Mayhap it is the beauty of poetry that sustains him in such troubled times and surroundings so here is his answer:
The Twains Will Meet...
Darkness will relinquish to Light
On the fabled Solstice Night
21 of December marks Yule on the day
That the veil of Winter Solstice allows us to play
We were quite taken with this answer and felt it needed publishing, for a wealth of information is contained within these few lines. Onyxroots (our e-mailer) obviously has command of the Witch's calendar and our holidays, his concept of the 'veil', as applied here, lends credence to his understanding that it can applied in various ways while still maintaining it's true nature, and all of it is significant of his comfort level with putting his thoughts into poetry form and offering it for other's review. From that, we sense that here is a man comfortable in his own skin, deep of thought, but with the added blessing of a playful nature. We sincerely hope he will ply us with more of his poetry, for it is in that artform that one finds many sources of pleasure. Blessed May You Be, soldier, and stay safe.
The next answer was the one closest to solving the game. It was her decided flair for delving deeper into the literal that appears to have derailed her from reaching the end conclusion. That isn't to say that taking things in a literal sense is wrong, for one must recognize the obvious before one can attempt to seek what may not be obvious. Her problem solving skills lend evidence of a deep thinker who first takes the obvious point by point, lays them out in order then takes them apart to find the solution. Her strategy goes as follows:
Right off the mark Lori realized that addition and reduction were solutions to achieve a number which was 7. The second clue verified that a number was what she was looking for. The 3rd clue verified that when she went to the dictionary for the definition of the word 'number'. From that same definition she ferreted out the word 'cardinal' of which 7 is a cardinal number. She took that and harked back to clue #2 that asked 'what is in a number' and here is where she concluded that there must be a deeper meaning. She listed what was related to 'the' number rather than thinking in simpler terms of 'a' (key word)number. On her list was 7 sins; 7days in a week; 7th sister; 7 members in a basic Coven. As you can see she reached the partial answer of '7' and stuck on the number itself and things related 'to' it rather than what is 'in' a number, and therefore could only work with the number itself. Had Lori stepped back from looking at the solution as having only numerical value she might have been able to broaden her view and reached for other possibilities.
It is obvious that Lori is mathematically inclined and that inclination boxed her in so that she only traveled that path of thought. From her strategy you can see how the mathematician's mind works. We have high praise for Lori and her skills, for many of us aren't able to stick with numbers and find them interesting enough to go forward with that line of problem solving. Congratulations Lori, for being closest to the answer.
Those are only two of the interesting solutions but they were the most prominent in catching our attention. As you can see, they were at different ends of the problem solving spectrum which goes to how interesting individuals are. A poet and a mathematician, yet each found the challenge interesting enough to woo them to put their skills to use, for the same purpose. Is it not obvious that even with differing abilities and ways, were we to combine our efforts in seeking solutions that all possible paths being covered might lead to one solution? Acceptance of our differences, respect for those differences, and the will to reach out to others... Ponder, and Blessed May You All Be, Kaithlin.
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