More Reconnections
A few days ago I went to the Old Market again.
That is always a chance for pictures.

I never know where they will pop up.
A few days ago I went to the Old Market again.
That is always a chance for pictures.

I never know where they will pop up.
I‘ve shared my creation process online after finishing a scroll. And many seamsters show their work-in-process as it progresses, from early stages to detailed completion. But is it a good idea to post unfinished scroll images online? There are both plusses and minuses to this. Plus Interested people see my work as I progress. Scribal…
In the SCA we devote hours to award creation and giving. Whether entry level or the highest awards , from start to finish, their total creativity hours are in the thousands for each six-month reign. With all that consumed time, what’s their purpose? Their obvious purpose is to acknowledge the recipient’s accomplished efforts. Whether novice or peer,…
With tomorrow being Christmas I thought you would enjoy this 16th-century poem describing what it meant at least to Thomas Musser – the poet of early Elizabethan farm life. Musser wrote about it in his book Fiue Hundreth Pints O Good Husbandry chapter 23. Feast from the British Library’s 16th-c digitized Golf Book Add MS 24098 f. 19 Of Christ cōmeth Christmas,…
Link Let’s pretend for a moment. Pretend this is a lovingly-made very-first attempt of someone entering a Kingdom Arts and Sciences novice competition. How would you judge it? What would you recommend the entrant do for their next creative steps? How would you inspire their creative passion and persistence? In Calontir the premier novice competition…
I was watching Michelle Obama’s speech the last night, and something she said really stuck with me. At one point, she urged everyone to “Do something.” I don’t remember the exact words she used, but the simplicity of that phrase hit me hard: Do something. It felt like a call to action that echoed a…
I read recently that learning calligraphy refines one’s temperament. Well, mine certainly needs refining. But why should you learn calligraphy besides you feel it in your “bones” you want to do it? These are a few reasons I have. Calligraphy is not expensive to learn. It’s a silly reason if it’s your only one. It’s an…
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