I went with friends Raven, Ann-Marie and Viv to the annual Ren Faire in Charlotte today. I really love these things and didn't know about this one until last year when one of favorite bands, the Mediaeval Baebes, was playing there. My aesthetics and musical leaning go back to the Middle Ages and I tend to listen to this type of music all the time - not that I want to live in that era mind you. No dental care, plague and short life spans were not good selling points. But from these came the reason I like the period so. A lot more death brought on a lot more of the sacred; more thoughtful mediations on life and death. It shows in the music and the poetry of the period. But Ren Faires bring out all of the baudy fun and vitality of the age. Gives a people a chance to play dress up and blast out of this millennium and live in a world of beauty, love, adventure and music.
toadshade
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