[Sca-cooks] Re: Wheelchairs, bit of a rant was Re: [ ] sedan chairs

[Patricia Collum]

The modern reaction I've gotten from people, when trying to survive without
my glasses, was that I seemed 'stoned', not something I particularily want
to come to peoples minds. I live with modern people with modern attitudes,
even though I try to bring the best of earlier times to my life. I have
always explained to new people that it is a courtesy to look past the
mundane objects we can't leave behind in the modern world, such as my
glasses or my walking shoes (that have saved me from surgery) or my son's
knee braces or someone elses wheelchair, or an unfortunate use of a modern
trim or fabric! I choose to see the attempts we do make to bring our world
to life.

Cecily
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerri Martinsen" <kerrimart at mindspring.com>
To: "SCA Cooks" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 5:45 PM
Subject: [Sca-cooks] Re: Wheelchairs, bit of a rant was Re: [ ] sedan chairs


> On 11/18/02 4:53 PM, "Susan Fox-Davis" <selene at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
> > I apologise to Muiredach if I have spoken in any way to cause him or
others
> > pain.
> >
> > Gorgeous Muiredach wrote:
>
> snip
>
> > His Grace chooses to do everything in an historical manner, even to his
own
> > discomfort sometimes.  David wears glasses, but Cariadoc does not, and
sees
> > the
> > world in a soft blur.  He says in one of his essays that Cariadoc has
never
> > seen
> > the stars.   If David or someone like him loses the ability to walk,
will he
> > bite
> > the authenticity bullet and employ a wheelchair?   Or will he feel that
he can
> > no
> > longer attend SCA functions at all if he cannot do so with the
authenticity he
> > previously enjoyed?
>
> I for one don't even see the world in a soft blur without my glasses or
> contacts.  More of a collection of mottled colors unless you get within
one
> foot of my face.  In period, I would have either worn those new glass
things
> or just been one of the poor blind beggars on the street.
> I choose to wear my contacts to events most of the time, but you better
> believe that at Pennsic, it takes me a few hours in the morning before
they
> go in.
> I can't even imagine going to an event without my glasses.
>
> I have a hard enough time recognizing people WITH my glasses on.
>
> Vitha, the mostly blind
>
> --
> Lady Hrosvitha von Celle
> Per pale sable and gules, a fret and on a point pointed argent a pair of
> shears inverted sable.
>
>
>
>
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