[Ansteorra] Artisans of Ansteorra

Traci traci at crimsonvision.net
Tue Aug 27 12:39:44 PDT 2013


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across this mailing list.  ;) Well said Your Grace!

Duchess Elizabeta

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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