[Ansteorra] Artisans of Ansteorra

[Holly Decker]

LIKE!
On Aug 27, 2013 2:40 PM, "Traci" <traci at crimsonvision.net> wrote:

> We really need to look into installing a 'Like' button for posts that come
> 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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> >
> >
> > --
> > If it's important to you, you will find a way, otherwise you will find an
> > excuse. - Steve Kutie
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