May 2016 Blog Posts (184)

I am currently on an art retreat to the second location of Black Mountain College in the mountains of North Carolina! This place, though I've never been here before, is incredibly important to me. Though the building is original and in tact, the entire facility is now a YMCA, which is incredibly unsettling to me, as I am not a fan of the Y as a corporate organization. Regardless, I'm having a pretty wonderful time, and will hopefully complete a lot of work in the following 6 days! If…

Thanks Marni. I really like the look of this one. The message on the back, or is it the title: "Colour outside the lines" can be a good reminder not to always go by the rules we set for ourselves or the rules that others set for us. Other times, rules are helpful. It's good to know there are options.…

Always a joy to see mail art from Richard.

The envelope is art itself! And the postman brings it smiling:

And…

...mountain with a RED hat, of course :

Fun series of artistamps...and funny creatures:…

In a larger than A4 envelope..with a BLUE wash and EAT ART,

comes a booklet from Mike..."Esoteric Art" :-)…

Naked ...and made in March? sent  in April?

arrived TODAY...May 26, 2016 for World Banana Day, April 20 :-)

Never, ever give up on La Poste. They deliver! (sometimes in plastic ;-)…

sometimes you don´t know what you like more the present or the package thats mailart! Thank you…

But of course it came one month earlier to munich. I love this tender portrait. Thanks…

thats what airmail looks like

I got this card from Dean. It's got kind of a Blade Runner feel to it. Perhaps soon they will make a barcode that is more human than human. Who knows? Here is the reverse, where he thanks me for the visual poem "a past" that I sent him:…

Richard Canard revised the quote I received from Juana and sent me his version. This one certainly rings true for me. My fantasy team loses every year, so much so that I am considering calling it "reality football" (when it comes to the NFL, I am a Lions fan, so this may make sense).

Here is the reverse of the card, where he encourages me to share this with Juana and…

Frieder always has a fine arts presence in the mail!

This print and watercolor is on fine textured paper,

larger than A4,…

TIME doesn't pass, it curves around us ...

Be-jeweled!…

More FluXus Bucks to be added and passed on!

Always fun to get funny money in the mail!

Catherine sent a Fluxus Buck, too...shall add 'n pass!

Also she glitter-splashed the post :-) Fun:…

My wise bird carring words of wisdom arrived the other day...

thank you so much Stripy....I certainly don't need anymore clutter up there *!* love and hugs...

Oh, yes, something else was in the mail bag from Finnbadger

A postal barcode on a handmade large envelope...and lots of fun postage and 

TIME, of course...(we are clocks lovers :-)

...and  we are "Junk DADA" freaks,…

Let's see what arrived while I was in Athens :-) (lots!)

Window of Mystery? and poetry: "lyrical love collection" :-)

Finnbadger has inspired us to "erase" and find the profound poetics in texts of the ordinary.

Here is his…

After two days of being unable to get on IUOMA,

Time to blog and blog and blog : large A4 catalogs and documentations:…