July 2018 Blog Posts (128)

Thank you Jack for this most incredible set of stamp sheets!  Some of you may not remember Jack posted a request months ago for “tickets”.  Apparently they came from all over the world, with which he created these fabulous detailed sheets.  The layout, design and color juxtapositions are masterful (as one would expect from such a master).  I absolutely am in love with…

Beautifully hand-painted creature, my favorite...

with luminous postage

(and hoping Snooky doggie likes cats, too :-)

Thank you, Angie, this is lovely art ,

keep…

An extraordinary lino print...stately cat, indeed!

and a little artistamp, too.

thank you , gracias,…

but lovely TREES, or dancers...

with beautiful BLUE and music...and with a few  busy bees:…

Here's a wonderful collage with a little bit of Raoul Dufy, a little bit of a vintage Luthansa ad, and some beautiful blue paint!

And a nice A&P…

I guess I do. Or at least, that's wot the clicky-button said on the previous page. from which [by clicking] 'I' got 'here'. [virtually].

Currently [re]reading all of William Gibson, at least the novels and a wonderful read he is! Taking a break with Thomas M. Disch's "334" over these past few nites, charging up the ol' memory B4 lites out each eve. Richard Brautigan awaits also.

Soon we start ripping out the floor of the computer 'den' at strangulensis Manor.

To…

A really fantastic stitched and collaged card from Charlotte!



A fine card from Cascadia Artpost about celebrity consumerism among other…

Hi Angie and Snooky,

Thank you so much for the cute Mail Art mixed media piece that arrived today. The little doggie reminded my of my little Merlin that passed last year. :(

Thank you for thinking of me and hope you will be one of my Mail Art Friends. I sent you an…

and other colors, too, beautiful BLUE drawing on the envelope:

address front, and back, too:

and the flip side…

Yes indeedy, we can do snail mail :-)

Ed adds fantastic prints on his envelopes:

and inside, too, I am liking…

She's seems intense...for mail art :-)

For sure summer time is the "slow mail art" time too, just like "slow food"!

Take time to enjoy summer rest and relaxation...…

Mail art by IUOMA member DharmaDaDa Neil Gordon (Torrington, Connecticut, USA)

July 10, 2018 - Trashpo (and the accompanying DKult of trashpoets) has been a network activity for about a decade. (Opinions differ – of course – about where and when Trashpo started.)

The popular consensus is that Trashpo began with postings by visual poet Jim Leftwich (Virginia, USA) on Fluxlist in 2007. Diane Keys (Illinois, USA) brought Trashpo to…

This is a real Beauty, Thanks Carolyn!