Let's Fire Up Those Neurons!

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Aria is referring to my post #259, that originally included this image.
Hmm disappeared from my browser too, probably some IL limit.
So,here it is again. If recognition is not instant, then don't bother. The picture itself won't lead to a solution. This image refers to the same, difficult to pictorialize, word as the 'helicopter' image - both indirectly.

 

emit siht gnorw yletelpmoc ti tog I .lleh ,nevaeh ,krad ,thgil ,htiaf tuoba saw enil gninepo eht dnA


"dnuoR raeY ehT llA" ni dehsilbup tsrif si elzzup eht ot rewsna eht thguoht I


.gnorw ti tog I eb yam em rof gnisufnoc yrev si seulc eht fo noitanalpxe eht , pu evig I !wonk t'nod I


mrgreen:

 

Loved every letter in that spirit of yours! Aye, see I am packing stuff and still here, tells you what? To be frank I am always a click away from moving out of IL, and to be very honest with you, this threadbare thread is the only thing that is tying me to IL today.

 

erutcip taht was I nehw erom hcum os dna htaed fo ekirts ,efil fo esael , gnittlips egami cihpargotohp ,tfel eht ot eno , thgir eht ot gnittilps eno ,thgil dna krad ,snoteleks fo ytilaud !efil stegeb htaed - levon eht fo aedi lartnec eht deterpretni ylsuoenorre - egami ht6 - dda ot togroF

 

Since the next quiz is already up, I am posting the answer to my puzzle.

.! llavuD treboR elbatimini eht– ’frus t’nod eilrahC‘ & ’gninrom eht ni mlapan fo llems eht evol I‘ senil eht htiw enecs gnifrus suomaf eht ,mlif eht morf osla si 7-egamI .tuohguorht gnikirts yllausiv si mlif eht hguohtla ,enola tnemges siht rof )!potpal a no ton( ertaeht doog a ta mlif eht ees tsum uoY .enecs ’eiryklaV eht fo gnoS‘ lufrewop ylbidercni eht morf si sretpocileh eht fo egami tsrif ehT .edam reve smlif tsetaerg eht fo eno ,)9791( ”woN espylacopA“ ni ”won“ eht htiw og ot esohc I ,yllausiv tneserper ot tluciffid si ’tnetnocsid‘ drow eht ecniS

.dnim ot sretcarahc owt eseht pu gnirb ot thguo enips detsiwt ehT .eulc tsegnorts eht saw taht thguoht I yhw s’tahT ).retcarahc dewalf sih fo citamelbme sa nees neeb sah ytimrofed siH( .II drahciR esruoc fo dna )oguH rotciV yb ’emaD ertoN fo kcabhcnuH ehT‘( odmisauQ :erutaretil ni ’skcabhcnuh‘ suomaf owt era erehT


!!!lla n‘ ytimrofed ,II drahciR fo noteleks eht yllaer si 6-egamI ni ees uoy noteleks ehT .seuqinhcet cisnerof nredom htiw detset dna demuhxe ,deifitnedi yltnecer saw ,dleiF htrowsoB fo elttab eht ni htaed sih retfa tsol ,II drahciR fo noteleks eht ,ylgnitseretnI


.rehtaew eht fo segami htob ni ,nus eht ecneH .’sesoR eht fo sraW‘ eht ot si ecnerefer ehT .)retniw slepsid taht(’nus‘ dna )kroY fo( ’nos‘ sdrow eht neewteb esruoc fo si ,s’eraepsekahS tub ,enim ton ,nup ehT


.tsap si ti .e.i ”suoirolg edam won si tnetnocsid“ eht taht si tniop eht ,revewoh– ’tnetnocsid‘ yfingis ot detouq netfo si enil siht tub ,)!pu taht kool nac uoy( swohs ylraelc enil txen eht sa ,gnitarbelec si drahciR .detouqsim & detouq netfo si enil sihT
?siht kcip I did yhW


.elgooG no enil siht pu gnirb ot tneiciffus era ,’etouq‘ dna ,’nos‘ ,’remmus‘ ,’retniw‘ sdrow ehT .”woN espylacopA“ eivom eht morf ’woN‘ eht dna )lardehtac( retsniM kroY ,nos ,remmus ,retniw :era ,suoivbo yltsom won ,seulc ehT


”;kroY fo nos siht yb remmus suoirolg edaM

tnetnocsid ruo fo retniw eht si woN“


.”II drahciR“ s’eraepsekahS morf enil tsrif suomaf eht si rewsna ehT

 

Out of curiosity , was there another contender to this puzzle, as a red herring?

 

Once you know the answer, here are some interesting links - don't look if you are still 'puzzling'!

Link-1
Link-2
Link-3

 

No, I try not to mislead, at least not intentionally! I want it to be fun, not frustrating. Challenging and simple at the same time is the mantra. The goal is for at least one person to get it. If no one gets it, then I consider my design to be a failure.

 

As what I thought is not the right answer, posting in plain text

You know how much I love my twisted brain! ;-)

I cracked the puzzle as "Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens on first read

Opening line:

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way (hell?) --in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.


Clue#1

The contrasting images that you have posted fit so perfectly, I recalled that this novel had similar great opening, then I rushed to check this line and voila!

Clue#2

The words were staring at me in the images.

York Cathedral = faith, belief
Sun= light
Winter = winter, darkness
Dad bouncing the kid up in the sky in joy= heaven
Helicopter , Hel - i- copter , Hell = other way

Clue#3

Composite image, wanted to upload more images, whoa , in that opening line, you could have uploaded atleast 20 images.

Bonus Image: Do I even have to mention how perfectly it fits in the theme of the novel , death begets life, Sydney Carton, eh?