Easter Eggs
An Easter Egg in modern terminology refers to a hidden message, image or feature to be found in electronic media. Cultural & artistic expression since time immemorial abound with subtle, subliminal & disguised references, that serve to arouse the interest or spike the curiosity of the reader, viewer or listener. Figures of rhetoric, whether it be for satirical, caricatural, referential, euphemistic, ironic or metaphorical purposes are powerful tools for reading between the lines in an endeavour to grasp true meaning.The 13 has been fashioned as a labyrinthine puzzle jotted with numerous Easter eggs, which when understood, will lead you to comprehend the Ultimate Easter Egg. On this page you will find clues, pointers & wake-up calls for each publication, without giving away too much. You can also browse the Inspiration Page which will lead you to discover or rediscover cultural references which underscore the story. Happy hunting folks…
PARABLE OF THE WHEAT & THE TARES
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The kingdom of heaven may be compared to someone who sowed good seed in his field; but while everybody was asleep, an enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and then went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared as well. And the slaves of the householder came and said to him, ‘Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where, then, did these weeds come from?’ He answered, ‘An enemy has done this.’ The slaves said to him, ‘Then do you want us to go and gather them?’ But he replied, ‘No; for in gathering the weeds you would uproot the wheat along with them. Let both of them grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, Collect the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’
— Matthew 13: 24–30
Where the weight of the world and the weight of a tear are exactly the same.
On your mark, ready, set, let’s go to be gettin’ jiggy wit it…
Ruben is Red, Jade is Green, but who is Gold?
The Apple of my eye
Commedia dell’arte
Then wake up to a brand new day
O, Jenny’s a’ weet, poor body,
Jenny’s seldom dry:
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Comin thro’ the rye, poor body,
Comin thro’ the rye,
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro’ the rye,
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need a body cry?
Comin thro’ the rye, poor body,
Comin thro’ the rye,
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro’ the glen
Gin a body kiss a body,
Need the warl’ ken?
Comin thro’ the rye, poor body,
Comin thro’ the rye,
She draigl’t a’ her petticoatie,
Comin thro’ the rye!
Gin a body meet a body
Comin thro’ the grain;
Gin a body kiss a body,
The thing’s a body’s ain.
The exit is infinite
Augustin in all his splendour! Never has a more valiant emissary graced the face of the Earth.
The cherry bomb
Never underestimate Ulrich von Liechtenstein
