Comments - Received: Mail-art book (add-and-pass) from Cheryl Penn (Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa) - International Union of Mail-Artists2024-03-28T17:35:12Zhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=2496677%3ABlogPost%3A171485&xn_auth=noDearest DVS - as I have said…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2010-09-25:2496677:Comment:1716272010-09-25T15:19:01.167Zcheryl pennhttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/cherylpenn
Dearest DVS - as I have said in previous correspondence - as a member of IUOMA - "the waiting is killing" - but your response has re-quickened me.<br />
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I said in communication between ourselves that - if genetically we are the sum total of our ancestors, we should respond viscerally to universal symbols - take a random symbol - a tree - in the many diverse visual representations it appears. It is regarded in the contexts of the tree of life/lives, or the universe tree (For ease of reference I am…
Dearest DVS - as I have said in previous correspondence - as a member of IUOMA - "the waiting is killing" - but your response has re-quickened me.<br />
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I said in communication between ourselves that - if genetically we are the sum total of our ancestors, we should respond viscerally to universal symbols - take a random symbol - a tree - in the many diverse visual representations it appears. It is regarded in the contexts of the tree of life/lives, or the universe tree (For ease of reference I am using Adelaide Hall's compact book Important Symbols). As a symbol it was used by the Egyptians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Scandinavians, Phoenicians etc etc. Unlike the word 'tree', the visual glyph brings consciousness to bear rather than the spoken language. 'Glyph' comes from the Greek GLUPHE which I am told means 'carving'. I think these universal symbols are carved into our consciousness. I am no new-ager, but the use of similar symbols the world over, through various ages means there must be some sort of intrinsic human unspoken language??? As you have said, Pound (I dont know much about this at all - I am off to research after this) started to make words take their own shape - a glyph shape - what was he 'accessing' in order to achieve this? And why a poem? I am still mulling about content. I have had to THINK about my work alot since 'meeting' you - I have noticed, no standard margins - unless dictated by the computer... This spilling out into the previously virgin margins and gutters may be a denial of standard language presentation? In the book arts this is discussed at length by Betty Bright, Joanne Drucker etc etc. What is the blank page but a world of possibilities? What is the gutter but someplace you dont want to be... Marginalized - well, enough said.<br />
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I find your term 'post-literate' VERY interesting. I am THINKING about what you have written, so this is just a short response - mostly to say thank you and thank YOU. I like the idea of the Crimso…tag:iuoma-network.ning.com,2010-09-25:2496677:Comment:1716202010-09-25T14:18:52.764ZBifidus Joneshttp://iuoma-network.ning.com/profile/BifidusJones
I like the idea of the Crimson Giant being the observer of Babel. In the context of mail art, who is the crimson giant? The sender, or the receiver? At any rate, I'm looking forward to receiving more sections of the book. As one of the seven, I'd like to get others' copies of their sections to add to my copy of the book. My address is:<br />
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954 Lincoln Avenue<br />
St. Paul, MN 55105<br />
USA
I like the idea of the Crimson Giant being the observer of Babel. In the context of mail art, who is the crimson giant? The sender, or the receiver? At any rate, I'm looking forward to receiving more sections of the book. As one of the seven, I'd like to get others' copies of their sections to add to my copy of the book. My address is:<br />
<br />
954 Lincoln Avenue<br />
St. Paul, MN 55105<br />
USA