My Bard/Ovate/Druid Exploration Project
Apr. 19th, 2021 02:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
diaryofadruidHello again! I am here to discuss my Exploration project, which I am very excited to share.
Most of the time one would pick just a single path to explore, such as the Bardic path or the Ovate path (for those who are unsure of what an Ovate is, to my understanding it means something similar to a naturalist but with spiritual flair). Me being me and wanting to become an Ollave eventually, I plan on integrating all three paths into a single project.
My idea for said project is to create a handpainted illuminated manuscript. This will consist of nine poems, lore about nine trees, and nine Druid prayers for a total of twenty-seven pages. I will call it the Book of Seasons.
This project will be broken into three steps: research, preparation, and creation. I am currently in the research phase, where I hope to remain just long enough to get my footing as this will be quite the undertaking and I do have a (somewhat self-imposed) time limit.
To prepare myself, I am currently reading Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World by Christopher de Hamel. I will more than likely end up moving the Trees of Tennessee book for my Earth Path studies up from September 2021 or reading it concurrently with the other books so I can learn about the trees I need for that part of the Book (which I have already chosen).
As far as poetry and prayer go, I just need to find my muse and begin writing. I am very excited to bring it all together and will be documeting my experience with this project on this site to the best of my ability.
That's all for now! I will write more about the project tomorrow so I don't burn myself out on posts today.
Yours under the cedars,
Quill
Most of the time one would pick just a single path to explore, such as the Bardic path or the Ovate path (for those who are unsure of what an Ovate is, to my understanding it means something similar to a naturalist but with spiritual flair). Me being me and wanting to become an Ollave eventually, I plan on integrating all three paths into a single project.
My idea for said project is to create a handpainted illuminated manuscript. This will consist of nine poems, lore about nine trees, and nine Druid prayers for a total of twenty-seven pages. I will call it the Book of Seasons.
This project will be broken into three steps: research, preparation, and creation. I am currently in the research phase, where I hope to remain just long enough to get my footing as this will be quite the undertaking and I do have a (somewhat self-imposed) time limit.
To prepare myself, I am currently reading Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts: Twelve Journeys into the Medieval World by Christopher de Hamel. I will more than likely end up moving the Trees of Tennessee book for my Earth Path studies up from September 2021 or reading it concurrently with the other books so I can learn about the trees I need for that part of the Book (which I have already chosen).
As far as poetry and prayer go, I just need to find my muse and begin writing. I am very excited to bring it all together and will be documeting my experience with this project on this site to the best of my ability.
That's all for now! I will write more about the project tomorrow so I don't burn myself out on posts today.
Yours under the cedars,
Quill
