What or whom is she staring at?

[Heleen de Vaan]

I've sent her to various colleague mail artists.

And great 'this is what she sees' returned home.

Of course new visions still are welcome.

Thank you very much, all of you!

[Heleen de Vaan]

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'Nuits de ... rêve', 'nights of dreaming'. And... there is a lot to dream about! Proven by Christiane Berti who made this  wonderful dreamy collage. 

More art by Christiane you can find via this link.

Merci beaucoup, Christiane!

[FinnBadger]

I love all the latest things she is staring at. Richard's designs are fascinating.

[Heleen de Vaan]

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"Vive la liberté", Richard Baudet wrote on the back side of this card, "long live liberty". So it is.
It reminds me of a strophe in a French chanson by George Brassens, "Qu'elle est belle, la liberté", "how fine it is to be free". Which not only concerns someone clearly imprisoned (like she, as you can see), but maybe for all of us, who seem to be free but who sometimes forget they are, and/or maybe aren't as free as we think we are.

So, another food for thought, thanks to Richard Baudet! 

Merci beaucoup, Richard!

[Heleen de Vaan]

Richard Baudet surprised me with more great additions from Marseille to this add-and-return postcards project. I will post his works later in the coming weeks. Besides his own work, Richard also surprised me by having his friends, colleague artists from 'Amiscalli' de Marseille, create wonderful mail art, too.

The awesome collage you see here has been created, and sent from Marseille, too, by Michèle Maman. So much details to see, and to my opinion food for thought. 

Merci beaucoup, Michèle, vous m'avez fait beaucoup de plaisir par cette belle collage!

[Heleen de Vaan]

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While she's enjoying looking at a piece of lace, a Fish is looking at her.

Great mixed media mail art created and sent by Adamandia Kapsalis. 

Thank you very much, Adamandia!

[Heleen de Vaan]

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Always nice to have this noble animal as an opponent during a board game. 
This board game, in English called 'Ludo', in Dutch we name 'Mens erger je niet', which means 'Man (m/f), don't be annoyed'. But the two of them, she and the horse, are doing a fair play and obviously are playing without any annoyance.

Great mixed media piece of art created by Richard Baudet. 
Thank you very much, merci beaucoup, Richard!

[Eva (Mail Adventures)]

Some works of you, indeed. Because the laughing cow that I used as IUOMA profile picture at that time had been also drawn by you :D

[Heleen de Vaan]

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Such a nice surprise to see my own work back, in this great new finding by Richard Baudet.
Two years ago I put some text and pictures on an A4 size orange piece of paper. I've sent it to the members of the IUOMA Orange Lovers group, who were only 12 at that time. 
I love to see that Richard had kept the paper and to see how he is using it now, to have her something cheerful to look at: mail artists!

Thank you very much, merci beaucoup, Richard!

[Heleen de Vaan]

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Music and books... What else would a woman want? Nothing more of course! (er, maybe also snail mail / mail art, but then the happiness is complete, to my opinion, and maybe to her opinion, too)

This surprising piece of mixed media (collage, drawing) mail art has been created and sent by Francoise Gilardi.

Thank you very much, merci beaucoup, Francoise!

[Heleen de Vaan]

Sure, I agree with you, FinnBadger!