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Why are so many images out of focus. I started deleting a few figuring it was an import issue, but realized it was something else, but what?Continue

Started this discussion. Last reply by De Villo Sloan Sep 29, 2017.

 

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Destroyed by Sayori Yu

"I know who this is... her (?) e-mails are... special.. as i might say. I don't want to go into too much detail, but communication with her is pretty much useless, unless you like reading about satan and demons all the time."
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"hello michael, thanks for your background info. and thanks ilya for pointing out this motivation. we should ever focus on the positive and try to not hurt others. in times of digial destruction there is no trust in picel at all. there are even some…"
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Destroyed by Sayori Yu

"michael,  Don't let this incident upset You. Let's try to see this as a prophetic gesture that reminds us of more meaningful values. There is no such person as Sayori Yu. Details can be…"
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Destroyed by Sayori Yu

"Then, if you had affixed the real Kyrgystan postage stamps on the envelope, not the fake selfmade stamps by you, Sayori Yu would not have burnt the mail..."
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Destroyed by Sayori Yu

"Juan,  My particular form of mail art involves my making fake stamps for various countries, which I put on envelopes and occasionally send to folks in those countries, with the hope that they will put them into mailboxes, get cancelled and…"
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Destroyed by Sayori Yu

"hi, i do not get that. this is an evelope from Kyrgyzstan to the us... so it looks as it is not a delivered art from us to Kyrgyzstan... so what does it means... maybe more - tragical - as you see for now..."
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Destroyed by Sayori Yu

"Note to self.  No mailart to Sayori Yu.  In my humble opinion, this is unacceptable."
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"Good to know.  Don't send Mail Art to Sayori Yu unless you want it reduced to ashes."
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"I sent a few envelopes to Sayori Yu in Kyrgyzstan hoping that she would place them into mailboxes, instead I discovered how she actually disposed of them- by lighting them on fire and reducing them to ashes. Certainly a dubious choice but one she…"
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"The original envelope."
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"@Michael You say you also include proper postage stamps when you ask people to send your Artistamped-envelopes from their countries, but you actually did Not when you sent two envelopes to me. You just wanted your own Artistamps to be cancelled by…"
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"Bradford, Thanks."
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Mail-Artist since:
1991
My Website (without http://):
http://www.michaelthompsonart.com
Why I am involved in Mail-Art:
The risks, the challenges, the rewards, the reach, the people, the politics. Not the money.
My Mail-Adress (snail and/or E-mail)
mft@att.net

1015 N Central Park Ave.
Chicago, IL. 60651

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At 1:17am on June 10, 2024, Kiki said…

Yes, but you did not put the real stamps on the mails, so Japan Post must have decided not to send them your way.

At 3:47pm on October 22, 2020, Debra Mulnick said…

Mailing something your way today.

At 8:17pm on December 6, 2018, Samantha Travis said…

Awesome, I'll send you something soon

At 1:48pm on December 6, 2018, Samantha Travis said…

"yay!" what's your address? 

At 2:59am on August 26, 2017, Richard Canard said…

25.08.17 Dare Mister Michael Thompson, ... gah-lee,... Wow!  (ad infinitum).  SinCelery , Richard Canard

At 11:29pm on August 25, 2017, Bradford said…

OMG, I have your book and have shared it with many over the years.  A big, hearty welcome from an admirer of your many issues!

At 11:26pm on August 25, 2017, brunocassaglia said…
 
 
 

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