Mail Received - Ruud Janssen

I was just having a little internal mail art crisis of faith - thinking about what crazy stuff I got myself into here, sending absolutely ridiculous things through the post. Do you ever get that? And then I found this letter from Ruud in my mailbox, with sheets to send in with samples of rubber stamps for his archive. I have not sent anything to Ruud yet, waiting for the right kind of idea - he is the president after all and so forth! - and now there is this totally unexpected envelope with lots of cool stamps. What made me really happy is that it features the stamp "mail art changed my life". I love that stamp. Anyway, I took that as a mail art omen and my mail art crisis was over then. Thank you, Ruud!

Tags: Janssen, Ruud, archive, art, crisis, mail, rubber, stamp, tam

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Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on November 23, 2012 at 5:59pm: "Mail Art Changed My Life"! Yep this is a "happy" envelope...

the recent one that arrived in Greece was full of happy stamps, too...(no Dutch weed stuff no no)

Comment by Ruud Janssen on November 23, 2012 at 5:56pm: Mail-Art takes over your life. It is a fact and I should make a warning shield out of that..... Glad to know the envelope arrived and is placed in the category Happy. I didn't smoke homegrown, quit smoking decades ago. Thanks for all the kind words though.....

Ruud

Comment by xx Jones on November 23, 2012 at 3:45pm: you mean Ruuds envelope is happy?

Comment by Carina on November 23, 2012 at 8:40am: life before and after mail art..

Comment by xx Jones on November 23, 2012 at 1:18am: Mary, yes it made me happy!

Comment by vizma bruns on November 23, 2012 at 1:17am: Sometimes I worry that MA is taking over my life, but when the post arrives it makes it all worthwhile. And if this is the biggest crisis in our lives we have a lot to be thankful for, hey?

Comment by Marie Wintzer on November 23, 2012 at 12:12am: Lucky you! An envelope from Ruud is always a treat.

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