Interesting that Master Whoever took for granted that you and others would have the same goals as himself. I wonder if he makes the same assumptions about his nine-to-five fellow-travellers outside the SCA.
AFAIK, the last local artisan who was Laurelled was not, in fact, a product of apprenticeship (although he had chosen to compete in the past). Lack of a single visible mentor isn't a deal-breaker for any of the Laurels I know.
I did set a personal goal of an off-book performing repertoire of a certain length with a long-term deadline of next year's Bardic Champs (intermittent deadline Pennsic), but the prize I'm chasing this time is "three performances I can be proud of, of pieces I can perform without having to think about it." I'm chasing a thing I want to BE, not so much a thing someone else may or may not give me.
If he knew, Master Whoever would be so disappointed, I'm sure 8)
One of these years I swear I am GOING to go to Estrella, and when I do I look forward to seeing the House of Cheerful Monkeys...
Speaking as an intermittently competitive person 8)
AFAIK, the last local artisan who was Laurelled was not, in fact, a product of apprenticeship (although he had chosen to compete in the past). Lack of a single visible mentor isn't a deal-breaker for any of the Laurels I know.
I did set a personal goal of an off-book performing repertoire of a certain length with a long-term deadline of next year's Bardic Champs (intermittent deadline Pennsic), but the prize I'm chasing this time is "three performances I can be proud of, of pieces I can perform without having to think about it." I'm chasing a thing I want to BE, not so much a thing someone else may or may not give me.
If he knew, Master Whoever would be so disappointed, I'm sure 8)
One of these years I swear I am GOING to go to Estrella, and when I do I look forward to seeing the House of Cheerful Monkeys...