[Ansteorra] snow man documentation

[Tega Albert]

I believe this is where the "creative" part of our play comes in. I recreate
makeup from the middle ages using formulas originating from that time frame.
However, I am not about to whip up a led based mercury laced face powder
just because it was done back then. I agree with Blackmoon, common sense
applies. I do however totally support the documentation of such. It's fun to
read about pee soaked wool, not smell it! :) Just sayin'!

On Thu, Feb 18, 2010 at 8:10 AM, Robert Fitzmorgan <fitzmorgan at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Samantha Smith <sasmith0 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > I did once submit (rather accidentally) some poetry for judging in a
> > competition. I didn't submit any documentation because I really didn't
> > understand at that time that my submission needed documentation. My
> scores
> > weren't terrible, but one judge dropped me points for a structural
> concern
> > that, for the type of poem I was writing, was not legitimate. I stared,
> > fumed briefly, then shrugged and moved on.
> >
> >
> >
> > Sophie
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Eule <eule at ecpi.com> wrote:
> >
> >
>    I always felt that one of the often overlooked purposes of documentation
> was to educate the judges enough for them to competently judge your work.
> It is not uncommon for someone to be judging your work who knows less about
> the subject than you do.  Good documentation will tell the judges what was
> period practice, and what you did, then they have more information
> available
> to help them judge how well you did in replicating the period, process,
> technique or thing.
>   I have heard some artisans speak of documentation as if it were a burden,
> but I prefer to think of it as a tool I have to try and make sure my judges
> have at least the minimum necessary information to judge my submission.
>   Do we sometimes have bad judging in A&S competitions?  Of course we do.
> Documentation, properly used, can help minimize the effects of judicial
> ignorance.
>  Of course telling the judges what was done in period isn't a big help if
> it gives them the information needed to see that what you did was something
> else entirely.  Since getting my Iris I sometime get asked to judge in A&S.
> I am surprised at how often people submit documentation that shows a clear
> understanding of period practice, and just as clearly shows that that is
> not
> what they did, with no explanation.  There are often very good reasons form
> departing from period practice, but when you do so you should at least
> explain briefly why you made that choice.
>
> Robert Fitzmorgan
>
>
> --
> It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because
> we
> do not dare that they are difficult.
> Seneca
>
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