An instance later the "pov shot" scene seem to give the impression of someone spying out of the adjacent apartment. The same apartment pointed at by the bird of paradise.

Unfortunately, no. The POV shot, even if it has merit, is not from the window of the apartment pointed at by the bird of paradise. It is from the middle of the pathway.

I'm afraid you might be right kmkmiller.

De Rosas journey from 12 to 17 and back is all documented from one angle: We see it with our back to 17, but tracking to follow her - changing the wideness of the angle and depth of focus:

Setting out from 12. Notice the bollard behind her:


No answer at 17. She looks back at 17 before turning and glancing down at 16. Notice the bollard again:



Finally she gets back to 12. This is your POV shot Xav. Its the same angle, same bollard:

This whole apartment switch confused me unmercifully, I know there should have been a more simple way to separate the two.

Thanks, Siku, for helping me out of 'this dream'. You're right. It's the same "bollard". So, it was not Diane's pov, and neither was it her 'memory'. Fortunately this was not part of my theory ...

It could be the Bird of Paradise's point of view though.

Fortunately this was not part of my theory ...

Which sort of means the answer to this thread is, it doesn't matter.

Theories can be pretty flexible, even what I think will accommodate being wrong on a few details. There's still that darn lamppost framed in the center of Camilla's limo windshield situating me firmly in the center of what I think is going on.

Anyhoo, the door of the apt where Diane is after she wakes up is not the same as the screen covered door. With the exception of the set decoration everything else is the same.

Unless there is something I missed.

But we can ask... What's going on at 16?

There are 16 reasons to bring your 6 shooter and 10 gallon hat to 16 Park Hotel or 1612 Havenhurst. The reasons to believe in 17 Sierra Bonita are a little more... mundane.

Well if there's an argument to be made that a crime happened in 16, that doesn't have to mean Diane wakes up in 16.

So why not put together that argument? honestly. I hadn't made the six shooter and 10 gallon hat link before.

So far what I am sticking with is my spiritual symbolism and pedestrian numerology. 1+6 = 7, 7 is the number of the divinity, etc.

Why is 7 the number of divinity? Is that from the bible?

it could be from a pixies song.

From MONKEY GONE TO HEAVEN

If Man is five, if Man is five, if Man is five
Then the Devil is six, then the Devil is six
The Devil is six, the Devil is six and if the Devil is six
Then God is seven , then God is seven

but it's pretty basic kaballah numerology.

5=the Pentagram

the pentagram is the vehicle for making spiritual energy physical.
we are pentagrams (head, arms, legs)

thus man is 5, devil 6, the Eternal 7,

the number 7 also represents completion throughout the bible.

The equivalent in Buddhism would be getting off the wheel of life and going into the clear light with inner peace and total knowing, etc. etc. all mystical stuff, I know.

If the Pixies song seems like it comes from out of left field, while I don't believe there is a tangible link, but if it counts for anything, The Pixies once covered The Lady In the Radiator song, so we can safely say, like everyone, they're big fans. At least.

Anyway, when I say the number 7 is a spiritual number related to God (not the devil) I tend to think it is very common knowledge. If you google "the number 7 god" you'll get a lot of stuff.

The 7 is the intellectual, but his intellect is not always obvious, especially at an early age (as a child, Einstein was dyslexic and not particularly bright or a good student). His intelligence is that of a dreamer, an intellectual explorer of the obscure, the person who tends to have a somewhat off-beat perspective on the world around him. Many are interested in the metaphysical, not because they are believers, but because it allows access to the ambiguous, abstract world of questions for which there are no clear answers.

The 7 is spiritual, but not religious. In fact, the age-old questions of what life is all about, why am we here, who am we, and so forth, never reach the status of clichés, but are essential to the 7's life-experience, and unless he finds the answers he will not stop looking for them until he dies.

The 7 can be aloof, hates gossip and is immune to small-minded backstabbing. Money means nothing to him and he will never make a choice or a decision based on an expected financial outcome.

Number Se7en

Sixteen reasons why Diane Selwyn lived in apartment #16. This was just another one.

no one knows what you're talking about, xav.

So, no one should ignore me then.

consider it a running gag, at this point. just too cryptic for me, I guess.