Asemic Writing for Mail-Artists

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Comment by De Villo Sloan on November 16, 2014 at 7:07pm

I like it a lot, Terry. Really nice piece. Doodling really, really is asemic. I think it's how a lot of people get into it. Thank you for sharing your first effort in this group!

Thanks Kerri.

Comment by Terry Owenby on November 15, 2014 at 6:01pm

his is my very first attempt at asemic writing. I'm not sure it's asemic or more doodling! It's called "Finding Asemic Writing in Monoprint Remains", as the colors were the ghost from a print I made the other day.

Comment by Terry Owenby on November 15, 2014 at 3:43pm

I'm sorry I missed the theoretical discussions on asemic correctness. I'm sure it was an interesting debate. :-) But I'll be happy to learn as I go, in the here and now. 

Comment by Kerri Pullo on November 15, 2014 at 1:14am

Asemics Rojas! Amazing selection connection for this DVS! This piece is absolutely incredible for sure. To me it is a near perfect representation of my memory of those discussions!  

...just let the red rain splash you/let the rain fall on your skin

Comment by De Villo Sloan on November 14, 2014 at 11:47am

Terry, thank you for your interest & patience! Some group members were not present for the Rain of the Asemically Correct. They're fortunate in many ways but did miss all the theoretical discussions.

OK, today I am sharing a piece sent by Bruno Chiarlone in Italy. It includes the amazing red asemics by Jose Alcaldes of Mexico. You have a street art meets Cy Twombly kind of thing.

Comment by Terry Owenby on November 12, 2014 at 5:32pm

DVS, thanks a million for your wonderful reply! I understand. I am going to check out the Wikipedia link now. I appreciate all your help very much!!

Comment by De Villo Sloan on November 11, 2014 at 7:10pm

Hi Terry, vispo-asemic is somewhat particular to this group. I am always careful to qualify due to some heated debates here about what is and isn't asemic. (But don't worry; that was a few years ago now.)

Vispo is, of course, short for visual poetry. Much of the work we see in this group - to phrase it to please an asemic purist - could be considered hybrid work combining visual poetry and asemic writing. Part of that, I think, is because so many members come out of the visual arts and collage is very common to mail-art. So they use visual images and many visual art elements in their asemic work. The work is not just writing on a page. Some purists believe asemic writing is or should only be symbols written on a page. By this point in time, they are in the minority because asemics are being generated with just about anything you can imagine.

We had some non-mail-art behavior at one point of people accusing other people of not being "asemically correct."

Indeed, the trend is somewhat similar on Michael Jacobsen's New Post-Literate blog, which is kind of an industry standard right now. The definition has widened considerably.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asemic_writing

So I will tend to use guarded language sometimes - like "asemic suggestive" - when I think there might be an objection.

In truth, the group has morphed to a point where everyone seems to be very open-minded and accepting, which was the goal in the first place.

Hope this helps.

Comment by Terry Owenby on November 11, 2014 at 6:49pm

DVS...I wish I had an answer as to why we keep seeing the green eye at the top of the list. :-) The asemic cards you've received recently are wonderful! Jan H. did a fabulous job. May I ask what "vispo-asemic" means? Thanks very much. 

Comment by De Villo Sloan on November 11, 2014 at 6:10pm

Every time I click into this group I'm looking into Cheryl Penn's piercing green eye. Why is she always at the top of the members list?

Comment by De Villo Sloan on November 11, 2014 at 6:08pm

Received a great vispo-asemic piece from Annette Kesterson in San Francisco.

http://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/blogs/triple-feature-with-ri...

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