Kevin

Noah: Oh, violins going off in my head. Let me tell you something – to elicit change, you must first plant the seed and then water it. What happens when you don’t water a seed?
Me: Presumably nothing.
Noah: Exactly. Nothing fucking grows. Who else shaped you, Lauren? Who made you YOU? No, you know what, scratch that. Specifically, who has had the…

[Read more]

The painting is Dynamic Decomposition by Umberto Boccioni. This marks the third image in a row from Boccioni and I’m pretty sure he’s the only artist to have been repeated, even a second time, out of all of the images we’ve seen.

First thing I thought when I saw the image was that the crowd was worshipping something. The title indicates some kind of agitation, but there’s no reason they couldn’t be agitatedly worshipping, in fact a lot of worship could probably fall into that category. After a quick search on equestrian statues, it appears that many have “been portraits of…[Read more]

I think the big lesson on Saturday was how you chose to make an impact with whatever you were given. Were you able to make a difference in someone’s life and recognize why your actions made a difference. @maddyxxx also pointed out that “value is a perception”.

This was on clear display throughout the day as well, starting with the exercise to…[Read more]

This message seems to directly contrast with those of The System (“take what’s yours”) and what we were shown yesterday (“go make a difference”), so kind of weird coming from Horace. I’ve been assuming Horace has some control over The System, so this works in either two ways. Horace could be acknowledging that he thinks The System is bullshit and…[Read more]

Yes, I think handing out food and water to people who are hungry and thirsty made some impact (even if it was small and temporary), especially more than tearing up the money would have. I don’t think anyone chose to just straight up hand out the cash they were given to the homeless in the area. People went and purchased food and water, while…[Read more]

Based on what everyone paid to attend The System, this money could have come out of that pool and probably had some left over. It isn’t optimizing what they received but I would guess they made something.

On that note, we’ve seen implications that they care about cost, but is having us invested in them and winding the clock more valuable than…[Read more]

@blondie If that personal gain is coming from realizing something about yourself or other people, is it so bad though? So far, out of the more personal things Noah has gotten people to do we’ve seen: a high five and a strange look, a friend sticking up for you, kindness from a stranger, and gratitude from a stranger. If you want to look at it even…[Read more]

Brad could have made Noah try to respect him by flipping the challenge on its head, but instead he opted not to play at all. Other people have gone head first into what Noah has asked them to do and he’s been happy with the results. Trying to change the rules of engagement while not shying away from the task completely may be something that Noah…[Read more]

So are @joycecarlberg and Noah going to have competing television shows now?

So the image itself appears to be from the stage set design for “The Magnanimous Cuckold” and is by Ljubov Sergeyevna Popowa, who worked in the cubofuturist style. Most of her other works are in the same vein of the paintings we’ve seen recently, but this one isn’t quite the same.

She also worked in the constructivist style and it does look like…[Read more]

All of that is really peculiar. The call and message don’t fit the MO of TMC, but they’ve been the only ones to use voice maskers. Pulling a Noah move doesn’t really get them anything either. The message does fit Noah, but weird to disguise his voice and it wouldn’t really serve his purpose.

If it is IT, there are some big questions as to who is…[Read more]

These questions are very similar to what Joyce asked of @wanda102, @bcbishop, and myself. While she was asking us, I never really got the sense that she didn’t know how we were going to answer. This feels similar to that, but I suppose it can’t be ruled out that Horace was actually fishing for more information.

Noah called @bcbishop earlier today, but I’m sure you could not count that one as contact because Bryan was pretty sure it was a recorded message.

@tanyathompson are you talking about the one that Hannah posted? Is there something specific about it you want to talk about?

The quote from Noah himself says, “Allow me to unleash your darkest and most powerful potential.” Some similarities there with the phrase from the Encroaching Darkness email, “His darkness will unshackle us from man’s misguided morality. We will roam free. We will do his bidding. And we will release this earth of every false virtue and…[Read more]

If we’re thinking that the change coincides with the new moon, the timing on that doesn’t line up. Andy stumbled on that ritual in late May and then reappeared in The System video prior to the new moon.

@erisbonn I agree that the eclipse wasn’t part of whatever changed, but several things do seem to be pointing towards the importance of it.

Kept batting the “Him” back and forth in my head. Finally clicked, where have we heard that before?

Not only does this reference Him, but it talks of shadows and darkness. Things that a total solar eclipse will bring. The capper has been staring us in the face the whole time. There’s a solar eclipse in this image.

@wanda102 Definitely more mint chip.

The vanilla ice cream reference and being rotten inside does seem to be some kind of reference to this morning’s quote. Though I’d say it doesn’t totally line up. The quote emphasizes that you should let the person you pretend to be, be who you actually are. Noah wants to bring out what’s inside you, which…[Read more]

@thebuz Incredible. This is the best one so far.