[MR] Why we do it (Was RE: Order criteria)

[TJ Brunzie]

> For those of you who are currently frustrated, look at WHY you're
> doing what
> you're doing.  You should be doing what you LOVE to do!!

Not only do I love what I do: I have a mission.

When I (re-)started playing several years agone, I had decided on a
Spanish persona.  Not just a Spanish one, but a Hispano-Muslim one.
And a friend/mentor told me that I wouldn't find much documentation
for Hispano-Muslim garb.

Never tell a Leo she can't do something...  ;)  Anyone who has taken
my class on the Costumes of al-Andalus will tell you - my handout
was 15 pages, and *all* pictures.  I'm only starting to integrate
literary sources into my research also, and there's so much more out
there to be found!  And I will find it, and anyone else out there
who wants a persona from Muslim Spain will be able to sew themselves
good, period garb.

The costuming I love.  Helping other Moors garb themselves - that's
my *passion*.

Cheers,
Doña Violante de Sant Sebastian
Azure, in saltire five towers within a bordure, argent
Chatelaine, Shire of Roxbury Mill