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A Little Ink More or Less: The Adebarsteine
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A Little Ink More or Less. Illumination, butterflies, ink and gin. Friday, April 10, 2015. Albrecht Durer The Stork, 1515. 8220;Hope” is the thing with feathers-. That perches in the soul-. And sings the tune without the words -. And never stops - at all -. And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard. And sore must be the storm -. That could abash the little Bird. That kept so many warm -. I’ve heard it in the chillest land -. And on the strangest Sea -. Yet - never - in Extremity,. It asked a crumb - of me.
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A Little Ink More or Less: On the making of better SCAdians...
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A Little Ink More or Less. Illumination, butterflies, ink and gin. Monday, September 23, 2013. On the making of better SCAdians. I'm continuing with posting some of my thoughts about the SCA and how I would like to see it improve. Today, I'd like to concentrate on my thoughts about newcomers. How do we help them to keep that wonder and become members of our community rather than just visitors? What takes a spectator and makes them yearn to be a participant? Fact: People like to feel welcome. It is hella ...
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A Little Ink More or Less: Bartering and Alms
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A Little Ink More or Less. Illumination, butterflies, ink and gin. Tuesday, December 23, 2014. The barter system is alive and well if you are willing to believe in it. Occasionally I get a request for a commission piece and the request comes from someone who has a skill that I greatly admire and likely do not possess. This holiday season was one of those times. The poem is Alms by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, wife of aviator Charles Lindbergh. Anne was an aviator in her own right, and was an author of some...
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A Little Ink More or Less: The Peer Reclamation Project
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A Little Ink More or Less. Illumination, butterflies, ink and gin. Wednesday, April 23, 2014. The Peer Reclamation Project. The SCA has a problem at the highest levels: long term retention among peers. My Laurel, Master Iefan and me. Why Does This Matter? The Peer Reclamation Project. What if we could reach out to those peers who still had connections in the SCA, as they were drifting away and try to catch them? What if we could retain even just a few of these amazing individuals, and what if they also w...
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A Little Ink More or Less: Gerber Daisies and Black Ribbons
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A Little Ink More or Less. Illumination, butterflies, ink and gin. Wednesday, October 15, 2014. Gerber Daisies and Black Ribbons. I was recently commissioned to create a piece for a wedding. My friends John and Maurissa were getting married and wanted a piece of art that they hang as a reminder of the joy and friends that shared their special day. At their request I created a set of signature pages where the wedding guests would be invited to add their names and help create a memory. Kristen Gilpin is an...
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A Little Ink More or Less: Unlaced.
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A Little Ink More or Less. Illumination, butterflies, ink and gin. Saturday, May 31, 2014. Just one small cut. An incision of doubt. And this one sharp point. And out tumbles sadness:. Best left pressed in books. Or tucked in cellar boxes. A scattering of pages,. And dreams for all my ages. Here a stamp,. Oh I remember that night it was so.). A handful of joy,. A dried bouquet of regret. Yes, I was 17 then. wasn't I? And the hopes of days. Into just one girl. Didn't she write poems? Within a cage of bone.
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A Little Ink More or Less: Gunnar's rock
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A Little Ink More or Less. Illumination, butterflies, ink and gin. Saturday, August 25, 2007. Not your ordinary scroll. We needed a Duchy for a Viking. And as we know, Vikings liked to carve things on large rocks to commemorate. Big events. We took a chip out of their granite. This 'rock' is a hydrocal. Nearly concrete) cast made from a plaster mold that was created from an original piece carved in a closed cell hard foam. This was a huge undertaking between myself, Gwenhwfyr. In English, the text reads:.
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A Little Ink More or Less: Thalassia's Promissory Pelican
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A Little Ink More or Less. Illumination, butterflies, ink and gin. Thursday, May 08, 2014. Photo by Jonathan Sidwell. It seems that we learn some of our best lessons from failure. This is a story of reaching for the stars and finding yourself just too short to reach. We wanted to illuminate it in the red figure style with images of Grecian life that reflect Thalassia's interests. A potter was secured and she tried so very hard, but the kylix just did not want to be. At nearly 12 inches in diameter, t...
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A Little Ink More or Less: The last day of our acquaintance
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A Little Ink More or Less. Illumination, butterflies, ink and gin. Thursday, December 11, 2014. The last day of our acquaintance. This is the last day of our acquaintance. I will meet you later in somebody's office. I'll talk but you won't listen to me. I know what your answer will be". So, today, I am firing myself. This Kristen that is, well, just will not do. I will work to close away the sadness and self loathing because I do not need them anymore. I will try to love myself a little bit more and to f...
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A Little Ink More or Less: A Peek Inside My Heart
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A Little Ink More or Less. Illumination, butterflies, ink and gin. Wednesday, October 15, 2014. A Peek Inside My Heart. I do not mind who you love, that is your heart. I do not care to which god you pray, that is your faith. I do not think about the color of your skin or about where your ancestors arose, that is just history and DNA. We are more than the sum of parts. If you are filled to brimming with hate, I have no place for you. If your words are poison, speak them somewhere else. Kristen is known in...
