[Ansteorra] Artisans of Ansteorra

[HerrDetlef]

Very well said, Your Grace! I was more than a bit overwhelmed by the number
and quality of displays, as well.

Mistress Mel, thank you SO MUCH for inspiring us to be better than the best!

Let's make sure and kick some Trimaran butt in March! Huzzah to the
artisans!

Detlef von Marburg, CSM

   *non nobis Domine non nobis
*

*sed nomini tuo da gloriam
*

*–Psalmus CXV*



On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Gilyan Clonmacnoise <
gilyanclonmacnoise at gmail.com> wrote:

> A few short months ago, I sat upon the Ansteorran thrones on a chilly
> evening at Gulf Wars. I looked out upon a sea of tired, yet happy faces and
> knew all was good with the world. As I gazed upon the populace, our herald
> called upon one whom wished to speak. As Mistress Melisende, our Minister
> of Arts and Sciences, strode up the aisle, her face was tired, but not
> happy. I felt a disturbance in the force.
>
> She broke the news to our populace that Ansteorra had lost the A&S war
> point by the slimmest of margins. I could see and feel the happy faces all
> turn sad.
>
> What happened next, I will never forget.  Sister Melisende began to preach.
> She honored the efforts of our artisans given, but she challenged all
> present to ask themselves why she and they had not done just a slight bit
> more.  She spoke of the preparations of artists and called upon them to
> remember this margin of loss and to give just a slight bit more.  She spoke
> to an enraptured populace and told them that resting on a personal past
> success was no longer acceptable and she demanded that every artist reach
> into themselves and find and prepare and deliver that slight bit more.  She
> called on the artists who have never competed and in a fiery speech she
> summoned them and their art to war, to rise up and march their art where
> they have never taken it before.
>
> She told the populace that she would not be a part of such a close loss
> again, that she would do everything in her power to help the artisans of
> Ansteorra throughout the year.  As she challenged the populace and artists,
> she challenged herself before one and all.  And, she declared that at the
> next Gulf War, Trimaris and her allies would have no chance of winning. It
> was a glorious sermon and the populace was roused to action. The faces were
> now tired, happy, and determined.
>
> This past weekend, not only did I feel a disturbance in the force, but I
> *saw* a disturbance in the force. I witnessed the response to that initial
> sermon, so many months ago. There were so many artisans, with so much
> amazing work displayed.  It took several hours for me to just see
> everything. As I walked into each room, the overwhelming sight was
> breathtaking. So many orderly rows of tables, draped with colorful cloths
> and piled high with amazing works of art. As I walked amongst the tables,
> everywhere I looked I saw beauty and creativity, imagination and
> inspiration.
>
> Sister Melisende made the call. I believe we had 50% better turnout in
> artists than the average of the past several LPTs.  Not a slight bit more,
> but 50% more.  And not just numbers but quality. Presenters this weekend
> woke up nobles, and Laurels, and the royal family with their efforts to
> give and present "just that slight bit more."  But I know this past weekend
> is only the beginning of its answer.   The call has gone out and forces
> train and prepare for war!  I can't wait to see the competition, the
> muster, at Kingdom Arts & Sciences in February.  Let the foundations of the
> Earth shake as our artists, OUR ARTISTS, march to war.
>
> Awaiting the muster,
> Duchess Gilyan Clonmacnoise, OP
>
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