November 2012 Blog Posts (232)

If you are interested in a grassroots alternate reality game, see www.plot49.com. It is inspired by the Trystero postal network. W.A.S.T.E.

The envelope always announces another beauty from Marie Wintzer.

On the high seas...(or what my river boat looked like with the Mistral blowing in France :-)

Flip side  of envelope:

and carefully opened...the full beautiful…

"John Held, Jr, who wonders what its all about"

Mail Art from the master, perforated images and stamps of all sorts!

Homage to GUTAI with angels and "holism":…

Rosa sent a FluXus Fish card with all the names of participants

from a mail art project she had some time ago....hunt up and find your name:…

This is a BEAUTY!

It must be fantastic to be in Iceland and to see this.

Thank you, Rod!

Definitely put a SMILE on my face...xxx

(and another beautiful postage stamp! "ISLAND")…

"Stop That Music" (A4-sheet)

"THE MAN OF DELOS EXPRESSING WHAT HE THINKS OF THE TROIKA" (collage postcard/edition of 100)

"There are No Dividing Walls" (envelope)

Thank you…

I love this front picture of the kids going for an outing; being corralled by the rope *!* How cute is this :-)

Thank you so much…

Watch the skies for flying chickens. eggs well scrambled please.

is like diving into a vivid dream. These are the dreams we remember.

Yep, I arrived in Paris to find a large A4 packet from the Haptic Werewolf, dear Erni, on Oct.15th,

and another packet...Lucky Strike No.2 on Oct. 17th!!!

Erni was not in Paris, he is in Hamburg, Germany, but the Haptic Werewolf came to Paris :-)…

Asemic writing, Espionage from Heeb-Jeebeeland and lots of barcodes. New blog @ snailmailsuus.blogspot.com

David sent me a dramatic poster with a personally planned marketing strategy for my village.

The poster is about 76x114 inches (30x45 cm) and…

Claudia, this is a super card!!  thank you...

great painted, textural background..I love the wash over the big figure...*!*

received this add n pass from Alicia Starr, worked on it apparently covering over who the originator of it is. Does anyone know whom I am supposed to mail it back to?

It is interesting how the context changes an image. Arttower's friendly little lady, which I am sure you have all seen many times before, found her way onto a kitchen shelf, ready to step out of the frame and start helping to cook. Thank you!

Barry's small collage is the third art mail I received so far. I really like crows and ravens, did you know? I have communed with crows more than once. Thank you for the advice, I will try my best! The little stray dog, which usually lives somewhere hidden in the back of the shelf has come out and seems very pleased to have new…

Such a joy to find this gorgeous envelope in my box...and the beauty inside! Also, my kind friend enclosed some primo papers & ephemera...

Back of the wonderful collage & envelope, plus note:

and some of the ephemera:…

And adding Rebecca Guyver - a book that Rebecca says was an experiment - I have to say a successful one! A constructed container which acts as home for words and images.

 I think that most of us who know Rebecca know she lives on a farm - I'm certain I have a Romantic view of farming - but for certain I know there is such a thing as farm-envy.

O Henry may be…