An online commonplace book
They weren’t impressed by the ability to kill. Cowed by it, yes. But impressed? No.
They were impressed by the ability to live.
– John West
A moment of depth in the narrative. They continue to appear in John West’s observations of Wealdsig, Ealstan, and Sefawynn.
Sanderson, Brandon. The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England. United States, Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC. pp207
“No! she said. “What you’ve done beside it?” I looked at the quick sketch I’d done of her face. Nothing at all that good, just a simple line drawing…
With a modern understanding of perspective. Crosshatching to shade. A basic artist’s knowledge of the underlying musculature and the way shadows fell.
Hot damn! Maybe my education hadn’t been completely useless.
The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England, pp88
I haven’t read to many works of fiction where the protagonist can draw. I’ve read many where they’re writers or professors, etc, but not visual artists. And here in the backdrop of medieval England understanding how even a quick sketch rooted in drafting fundamentals would’ve seemed like magic during that time.
Sanderson, Brandon. The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England. United States, Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC.
“New times?” Ealstan’s wife said. “Those come whether we want them to or not. And we shall bear them as we bear the changing of seasons — which bring friends and foes, men and spirits.”
pp 46
Some stoic goodness from the Frugal Wizards Handbook? A reminder that change is continual, and as seasons change we are to bear it.
Sanderson, Brandon. The Frugal Wizard’s Handbook for Surviving Medieval England. United States, Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC.
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