[Artemisia] terminology--IMPORTANT

[LadyPDC at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/28/2005 10:25:26 AM Mountain Standard Time, 
marcocaprioli at yahoo.com writes:
I think it would behoove us all to accord the Arts and Sciences their
rightful place in our lives in the way we reference the term. While in
type, A&S is an acceptable abbreviation, we should remember the
absolute ban on the verbal use of the abbreviation during Sean and
Caryn's last reign. It seems to annoy Her Highness and frankly, I
agree.

Marco
I agree that we need to accord this area the respect it deserves.  In 
particular the fact that Arts and Sciences does include science.  Too often it is 
viewed as "those pretty little artsy things some people do" rather than the in 
depth well researched "scientific" work requiring hours of work that resulted in 
an item that is as close to what would have been produced at that exact time 
period for that exact culture.  Sometimes it isn't even "pretty" at all, but 
it is a correct replica which should be admired both for what it is and for the 
hours of research and replication that went into producing it.  Every time an 
artisan works on such an item, they increase our knowledge and our ability to 
enjoy this game we play and we should give them the credit due for providing 
this for all of us.

Lady Constance de la Rose
Barony of Loch Salann
Kingdom of Artemisia 

Debbie