[Artemisia] Re:We're the Society for Creative Anything

[ryan Weaver]

Hello,
   
  Generally, I try to stay out of these things anymore, but, I've got these couple shillings....
   
  Hmmm, newbie skeletons in the back of the closet, yeah, I've got a few.  I was thinking about my early armours today, no, shuddering over my early armours.  Costume, oh my......
   
  Which, I might add, without Tangle and her guidence, those satin and T-shirt interlock nightmares might just be hanging about... but as she said, those things change.  So thank you Tangle, I've come a very, very long way on those fronts, with much credit to you.  
   
  But here's my take on Society for Creative Anything......
  I agree that Polit peer preasure can guide people on, but I do believe there is more to be said for inspired by example.  While I did encounter polite and positive guidence from people, such as Tangle, I was more inspired by those I saw, now Duke John de Claire, then in his first reign.  He will always be King to me.  
   
  But I also experienced A LOT of negative influence and preasure.  You see, I believe we each look at the SCA with glasses that filter out what we don't want to see and we focus on the things that we as individuals want the Society to be.  If you are a drinker and a fighter, that's what the SCA is for you.  If you are a Vampire, a clingon (not a trekky, sorry for any misspellings), if you are a pirate or a werwolf, that's what the society is for you.  If you are deeply into history and authenticity, you get out of the SCA what you want, and everything else fades into the background.
   
  So, is the Society for Creative Anything a bad thing?  Well, I guess that depends on what you want out of it.  For many, it's exactly what they want. or at least, the facet that they play in is.  Regardless, it is what it is, and some ships are too big to turn around.  
   
  As a final note, in my experience the concepts above are a big part of what has led to other reenactment groups forming.  It is simply the concept that what people felt was fun in the SCA can be fun elsewhere, without all the background noise....
   
  Now, two shillings poorer, I remain
   
  Adrian the Dragon,
  

tangl <tangl at myway.com> wrote:
  
For my two bits, the Society for Creative Anything works for me in a lot of ways. As was mentioned before, gentle and polite peer pressure guides the newcomers' next garb choice. The doodler becomes the Scribe. The ken-do guy becomes the Squire. The Newbie-Without-A-Cluebie becomes the Senechale. 

This is the way of the SCA, especially in Artemisia. The folks that want to nudge folks towards more period practices, do so. That's how people who learned to dance Korabushka and Scotland the Brave from Jihan Isfahani know how to do those Snooty Italian Dances (tm) these days.

Those folks that don't wish to pursue the more period endeavors in one direction invariably become folks with quite a period portfolio somewhere. Take Lord Jean-Richard de Holloway, for example. A photographer by choice, not so into the garb making and sporting a red suede-look cavalier outfit in 1989 has surpassed his SCA siblings by carving amazing tributes out of stone and wood. And, the outfit he sports today is Japanese, right down to the details.

We all know we have newbie skeletons in our armoirs, some so far back, they're in Narnia. But even Sir Decker Hawkswood, who calls himself a bit of a goof-off, has some seriously mad skill sets! The SCA stands more for hope and freedom to become your finest creation, to locate the soulmate you've dreamed of, and to not just find a niche where you are accepted, but to carve that niche for others to do so as well. Society for Creative Anything? Yeah, I'm good with that.

I am confused about one thing though: Could someone explain this thing where you don't camp in evening gowns? Theiron tried to explain it to me, but I don't understand.

Maitresse Tanglwyst de Holloway
Barony of Arn Hold
Kingdom of Artemisia

-If you can't be a good example, at least you can be a horrible warning.~ Catherine

_______________________________________________
No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.
Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com


_______________________________________________
Artemisia mailing list
Artemisia at lists.gallowglass.org
http://lists.gallowglass.org/mailman/listinfo/artemisia
  


		
---------------------------------
Yahoo! Photos
 Ring in the New Year with Photo Calendars. Add photos, events, holidays, whatever.