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igloos dream of beaver too; who knew?

[sorry, but this was just screaming out for a caption of some sort]

envelope features an odd (and oddly-printed) image - i like how the flap makes it look like this young laptop user is lying in a hammock - …

'Abstract Portrait'

'Suspended in Time'

thanks for these Appalachian scribbles; see you in the mail…

wow! three very impressive sheets of Artistamps!

1. Fluxfest NYC 2023 Memories

2. A Future We Can Be Excited About…

because i spend a lot of time in the kitchen, i first saw a giant whisk, however i think this is actually the proverbial big stick one is supposed to carry when one is speaking softly.

bonus greeting:

i…

what is the Mail Art equivalent of a sugar coma?

and i mean that in the best of ways ]:-)

Home is where the Hs aren't, i guess...

Eat Art! (on the other side, there's a whole lotta…

the McDadaCafe, alas, is no more - 'toxic impacts, along with the rising cost of ingredients and a precarious labor force, resulted in closure of the restaurant, no longer sufficiently profitable in the contracting environment of neoliberalism and US global hegemony.' i wonder how many billions were served before the piper had to be…

cool mixed media work, some of it by her non-dominant hand (but i couldn't tell!)

the envelope features fine rubber stamps and a sentiment i can get behind: Friendship is a well-tended Garden. 

then there's this stunning sheet of homemade stamps (perforations don't really show in this shot):…

another of Fleur's mural cards; this one's from Oakland's Chinatown. also, a fantastic ATC of a sidewalk mosaic from Vancouver, and on the envelope, there's an homage to Banksy's 'Animal Rights' series:…

trippy triptych from Berlin - let's unpack this a little: that's the envelope in the middle, flanked by mind boggling two-sided collage work (in this 'trick' shot you can see both sides now). i love the echoes of color and subjects; very well-thought out. bottom right makes me think of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" ]:-)

danke Jimmy…

the latest postcard from Taiwan (which arrived naked) features more of that marbled paper and a hexagonal portrait of Helios and Phaeton perhaps?

the other side features goofy washi tape and some Coco Muchmore stamps:…

thank you for this otherworldly-yet-somehow-autumnal landscape postcard. in today's AI-driven world, it's always great to see the word 'non-machinable'. almost as good as anti-algorithmic ];-)

more dada-esque shenanigans from Tunbridge Wells - 

(i have no idea in what year!)

Ruth was kind enough to enclose this still from Ben Hur -

'terrifyingly' worked out? i…

a triptych of charming cards from sunny Spain -

uno: 'D for Dulce' (from the Birds-woman alphabet series)…

this delightful collage arrived a while ago; it's helping me get in the Halloween mood -

the address side of the postcard is equally amusing (oooh--great Halloween costume suggestion!!)

hope…

a veritable anthology of wonders!

lots of cool graphic works on paper

and there's even a pop-up component!…

in case you missed it: 

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240923-100-year-old-cat-memes-that-predate-the-internet

Morna - new to me - appears to be a Cape Verdean type of music similar to Portuguese Fado...?

i appreciate this reminder that sometimes it's okay to just use simple brushstrokes; kind of like focusing on the flame of the candle. obragado Eduardo; see you in the mail…

two very cool postcards put out by TSD's Ragged Edge Press; these are collaborations with Musicmaster + Adam Roussopoulos (L) and Vittore Baroni + Adam R again (R)  

and of course, a healthy dose of stickers featuring artwork by Joel as well as C. Mehrl Bennett, Joey PatrickT, Sabela Baña, Gloria Fu Keh, and the Mail Art Medic -…

a delightful assortment of papers and cards from Brazil. extrapolating from his handwriting, i imagine TCS has very fine, delicate fingers; he definitely has a fine artistic sensibility, not delicate at all (hence the 'not suitable for home use' label). i remember that tongue (which goes nicely with that kiss above it); i'm…

this goofy envelope - ha ha ha ha plop - contained an entertaining zine documenting William's responses to prompts from Mark Timmins; the final page is a snapshot of all the hand carved and found stamps William employed (his Oulipean constraint). really special; i feel privileged to have a copy.

+ two cool cards - …