[Cynnabar] "The Dream" or "Magic" etc...

[Pan Zygmunt Nadratowski]

Thank youvery much for the reminiscince memory!

One point of clarification - I am not a Master. :)

On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Shoshana Jackson <shoshigana at yahoo.com>wrote:

>  Master Zygmunt-
>
> Thank you very much for sharing this story.  I would love to experience
> something like that.
>
> The closest I come is Harvest of Souls 4(?) during feast.  The entire hall
> had been cleared of merchants and set up with tables draped in whatever
> finery the populace brought.  They turned off the overhead lights and the
> tables were lit entirely by candles.  We all were eating off our wooden or
> earthware plates and were served things in a very traditional way - not a
> CrockPot was in sight!  ...then, we adjourned and I got out my baroque flute
> to play for the dancers and there went that vision.  :p
>
> My best-
>   Chaya Simcha
>
> ------------------------------
>
> What soap is to the body, laughter is to the soul.
>
> *- Yiddish proverb*
>
>
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> *From:* Pan Zygmunt Nadratowski <panzygmunt at gmail.com>
> *To:* talonvale at yahoogroups.com; Cynnabar <barony at cynnabar.org>;
> NorthwoodsBarony at yahoogroups.com
> *Sent:* Thu, January 21, 2010 10:21:24 AM
> *Subject:* [Cynnabar] "The Dream" or "Magic" etc...
>
> It's been a little quiet.
>
> So, what was the first time you had one of those "magic" moments in the
> SCA, when for just a second, you were not in our time any more? It can be
> anything at all.
>
> Here's a couple to get the ball started:
>
> One night, at Siege of Talonval 7: Just after sundown, three pavilions in a
> row, nothing mundane in sight, illuminated by torches.
> My first field battle at Pennsic was a broken field battle, surrounded by
> Northwoods and Cynnabar, watching as the East and its allies approached.
> SLowly the amount of people I could see went down by thousands, to hundreds,
> to dezens, and then just the few in my vision. And as they slowly marched
> on, at first nothing happened but you could hear shouts and hear the clank
> of metal as they marched in. Then ballista bolts came in. One skidded along
> the ground by my feet. Followed by arrows, then just before the clash,
> javelins and hand axes whirled by my head.
> Alternatively, whatr do you do to keep the dream or the magic alive? Is
> this even a concept you find useful.
>
> Talk amongst yourselves. :)
> --
> Zygmunt Nadratowski
> "To rip the ugly, false, and weak from my soul and hurl it into hell. To
> pull the powerful, intrepid, and unstoppable from within and wear it like a
> tabard." - D. Sebastian
> "There is nothing quite so exhilirating as being shot at and missed" -
> Winston Churchill
> Want to learn to fight rapier or rattan? Ask me and I'll come & teach!
> SCA Polish Culture Resource: http://www.plcommonwealth.org
>
>


-- 
Zygmunt Nadratowski
"To rip the ugly, false, and weak from my soul and hurl it into hell. To
pull the powerful, intrepid, and unstoppable from within and wear it like a
tabard." - D. Sebastian
"There is nothing quite so exhilirating as being shot at and missed" -
Winston Churchill
Want to learn to fight rapier or rattan? Ask me and I'll come & teach!
SCA Polish Culture Resource: http://www.plcommonwealth.org
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