Yes, the long-tailed Fan
Dance was performed, Breakfast was served,
Mead was tasted, Faerie
Dolls cast "Smiling Spells",
Mary Anne acquired her
126th Wee Peeple Doll, and Pirates took over the World.
(In a King's Nutshell.)
Fun at the Faire by
Day...
Yes,
Folks, weekend
DAYS at the Texas Renaissance Festival
have been Legendary in
their Perfection, as the Great Faire passes through it's
"Themed Weekends"...
growing and growing in Attendance...
a joyful Time Tsunami of
Fairy Wings, Sausages, Fishnet Stockings and Pirate Hats
rising, crashing,
Red Boa Feathers
flashing...
tiaras,
tattoos, tights and tall boots tumbling through TIME...
But the real question is:
What do the Dolls Do in
the Doll Shoppe at
NIGHT?
Especially what might
they be doing on Halloween Night?
The Dollmaker wanted to
know too... so on "All Hallows Eve Weekend"
she set up a camera...
Aha! The Flower Joy
Dolls! Who woulda thunk it!
Who knew they could
walk?!
This Sprite turned to
look back...
Oops! An Owl scared all
the Faeries away...
Hee hee hee... What a Hoot!
Caught on film: An Actual
Stick Puppet Attack!
As we say in the Doll
Shoppe:
Why talk to the Hand when
you can talk to the Puppet?
And now...
Worn from the Bronze Age
to Present Time...
"...there
is little doubt that the original concept of its (the Witches hat) shape
came from people
who
could see the energy field. "
-Hamish
Miller, well-known Dowser and Healer
Evidently, the Crown Chakra can assume a conical shape...
Now, the Dollmaker has
always been fond of pointy and conical head ornamentation...
But...
Oh, how
history was twisted by one man with a conical hat!
John Duns Scotus
(1266-1308)
A
(brilliant yet insufferably
boring) Man
with a Conical Hat.
Historical Origin of the Dunce
Cap
John Duns Scotus,
Philosopher/Metaphysician of the Middle Ages,
whose whole life was
devoted to Learning and Scholastics...
never knew
that His Hat became a Symbol for Ignorance, bless his heart.
Of course, it's
practically impossible to wade through his convoluted theories...
(refer to Wikipedia for
his eye-crossing logic on the Nature of God)
...but somehow he had
Followers!
All
presumably wearing his same style of mystical pointed hat...
said
to increase
Learning!
Yes, John Duns Scotus knew, even
then, that Wizards wore pointy hats!
The apex or tip of the hat
was thought to "funnel" knowledge to the wearer!
So, anyway, for 200 years
following Duns
death in 1308,
the "Dunsmen" taught his
hopelessly tedious religio-intellectual speculations
at prestigious
universities around
Europe.
Thankfully, that came to
an end, during the
Renaissance, an era known for it's sensibility,
Whereupon, the "Dunsmen"
were kindly referred to
as: "old barking curs."
or... Dunces...
And the
Pointy Hat was implicated and maligned.
Through no
fault of it's own.
It is noteworthy
that the Pointy Hat was maligned by a tedious intellectual,
not by a witch.
In fact, as time passed
and trends changed from
burning to
commercializing witches,
the Pointy Hat made a big
come-back...
Yay.
Meanwhile, it's Just
Another Big Cat Halloween...
Did you know that...
Big Cats LOVE
Pumpkins!!!!
Check it out:
And then one day...
The Dollmaker worked on
that painting of the Fort besieged by Storm Waves
after a dream she had
that the waves must not destroy the Fort.
"We need to celebrate the good
obsessively."
-Arianna Huffington
Lyrics: "Dance of the Wild Faeries"
by Gary Stadler and Wendy Rule
I wandered alone to the forest
one night
Led by a music strange to hear
And followed the glow of a shimmering light
That seemed to grow distant as I grew near.
The woods were alive with the
fragrance of spring
But winter was everywhere clear to see
The moon shone bright and a bat on the wing
Beckoned me closer and said to me:
"A clearing close in the forest
you'll find
A fabulous banquet, a fairy ball
If you close your eyes and you open your mind
The veil disappears and you'll see it all."
Come and play as the wild fairies
play
In a magical circle, a fairy ring
You won't want to leave and forever you'll stay
Where the vision is bright as spring.
Come and dance the wild fairy
dance
Spin in a circle as fast as light
Once you begin you are caught in a trance
And the world can grow old in a single night.
When I closed my eyes to the
shimmering light
All memory faded and I could see
That a mushroom circle of red and white
And myriad fairies surrounded me.
Bey space and beyond all
time
ssamer wings did the fairies fly
With a joy unknown to a music sublime
The fairies danced, and there danced I.
Come and play as the wild fairies
play
In a magical circle, a fairy ring
You won't want to leave and forever you'll stay
Where the vision is bright as spring.
Come and dance the wild fairy
dance
Spin in a circle as fast as light
Once you begin you are caught in a trance
And the world can grow old in a single night.
"Those who seek us surely find us
See the trail we leave behind us
Some bewildered, some enlightened
Some are brave, some are frightened...
Are we kind or are we vicious?
Nectar poison or delicious?
That, my sweet, you will discover
Fairy foe, or fairy lover!"
Come and play as the wild fairies
play
In a magical circle, a fairy ring
You won't want to leave and forever you'll stay
Where the vision is bright as spring.
Come and dance the wild
fairy dance
Spin in a circle as fast as light
Once you begin you are caught in a trance
And the world can grow old in a single night.
I wandered alone to the forest one night
Led by a music strange and clear
If you happen to pass when the moon is bright
And the veils are thin you will find me here
If the veils are thin you will find me here.