[Scriptoris] A fun quote

[Kristin Hammock]

Where is the symposium taking place?

-Osanna

On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Hillary Greenslade <hillaryrg at yahoo.com>wrote:

> Cute story, thanks for sharing.   Reminds me ot Lord Lemonie's class on
> 'Painting with Dirt', which you all can take this weekend at the Ansteorran
> Heraldic and Scribal Symposium on Saturday.   (shameless plug)
> Cheers, Hillary
>
> From: Elaine <eshc at earthlink.net>
> To: Inc. Scribes within Ansteorra - SCA <scriptoris at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2011 11:30 AM
> Subject: [Scriptoris] A fun quote
>
> A fun quote taken from the 1989 "Artful Letter" series on the page by Ann
> Hogue:
>
> "There was a man born blind, who had several apprentices in his own
> condition. Their employment was to mix colors for painters, which their
> master taught them to distinguish by feeling and smelling; it was indeed my
> misfortune to find them at that time, not very perfect in their lessons; and
> the professor himself happened generally to be mistaken. This artist is much
> encouraged and esteemed by the whole fraternity." ---- Jonathan Swift,
> "Gulliver's Visit to the Grand Academy of Lagado.
>
> I once had a watercolor teacher say that more than two colors will give you
> "mud." Another teacher told us to save the "mud" because we could use it as
> "mother color" to temper colors that were too bright.-------- Not "One man's
> meat is another man's poison" but of the same ilk,  don't you think?
>
> (Still giggling)
>
> YIS,
> HL Lete Bithespring
> Steppes
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