Mail-art from Vizma Bruns (Waitpinga, Australia) including a modest proposal involving Carina Granlund's hair

[De Villo Sloan]

Mail-art by IUOMA member Vizma Bruns (Waitpinga, Australia)

Note: I want to share this great mail-art Vizma Bruns sent me for the MinXus-Lynxus blog. I had intended to rework the text to explain the MinXus concept, the creation of imaginary worlds in mail-art and the generation of collaborative narratives. Then I discovered that the MinXus narrative, symbology and history have grown so complex and convoluted that they are impossible to explain and possibly incoherent. So I have just re-posted the entry.

January 28, 2014 - Attending to unsettled business this morning, we share with you an envelope of wonderful art from our trusted Australian correspondent, Vizma Bruns. Her missive offers a proposal that bears a response, and we want to share it with all Tenderfoots. Our day is always considerably brightened when we find in our mailbox an envelope bearing the MinXus Waitpinga stamp created by the great E - Ambassador of Utopia (France):

Vizma's mail-art is very distinctive and, here, shows here preference for Trashpo. This particular mailing is held together with renderings for a MinXus hair manufacturing facility:

Here is the reverse side:

The plan has a marketing component elegantly connected to MinXus's mission to identify who has the best hair:

The reverse side:

The gift card - referencing the famous, traveling red bag - is very generous. We are touched by Vizma's reverence and deference for Carina Granlund's (Petsmo, Findland) hair. This is a visionary proposal. Here at the Mink Ranch, we wish we could provide assistance. Unfortunately, our auxiliary enterprises such as the Mink Ranch Gift Shop, the MinXus-Lynxus School of Beauty & Cosmology and the Alsatian Diner are, as we say, deeply in the red. The proposed waterpark remains a small, icy ditch, as funding has ceased. Furthermore, we are embroiled in a dispute concerning the Saint Empress Marie Antonette brand and its ownership. We are pleased to endorse Vizma Bruns' plan, if only in spirit.

Our plan for an international "Who Has the Best Hair Contest" might have gone a long way to settle the burning question about who has the best hair. Alas, this project is also stalled.

MinXus-Lynxus has hit a bumpy patch on the dusty trail. Yet Tenderfoots should not despair. The rugged, pioneer spirit that built MinXus-Lynxus gives us resolve to move onward to the promise of the Tangerine Oncoming.

We very much enjoy Vizma Brun's envelope:

The other side:

Deepest thanks to Vizma for all her wonderful art and for her contributions to the development of the MinXus-Lynxus concept.

[De Villo Sloan]

Mink Ranch enterprises are in disarray, no question. With Dark wall in charge, what did you expect? We did send out the free gifts, as promised, for much of last year. The coupons were expired. Janine Weiss - for instance - was thrilled with the 400 minute phone card - until she found it had already been used. Then she was angry.

We are going to settle this case by case.

[DKeys]

SCAM ALERT:  I sent my money in and all I got was a booklet with hairstyle tips from Donald Trump. 

[Rebecca Guyver]

This won't make any money for DKULT UK, which is, of course the point… or is the point THE BEST HAIR?

[vizma bruns]

Really? I'm forever being electrocuted, may I order a hair protector in orange, please?

[Carina]

Nice multi protection to fight static electricity, Rebecca ;)

[vizma bruns]

Brilliant picture, Rebecca!! Is that a permanent fixture on your lamp?

[De Villo Sloan]

This is not "The Ruins of MinXus." This is "The Glory of MinXus." The Who Has the Best Hair Contest - gotta make that work.

[Rebecca Guyver]

Oh Carina, why didn't you say?  The fused plastic factory might be able to whip something up that will double as a rain hat, spa cap and maybe even it would complement your snow suit?

[Carina]

ha, I'm afraid the only thing that is spinning is my head :D Hat is a must right now.

[vizma bruns]

Ha ha! Oh dear, bad hair everywhere? So it's not just a Southern hemisphere thing? Phew.

Have you been busy spinning up golden hair in Petsmo, Carina?