Rod Summers / VEC's Comments

lol thats an ancient cree sign that told people that water was bad..you are in a place in the sacred circle right now where the water may not be so good amigo..and the rats lol well I wont go there lol

well ok maybe we can shoot for this fall or next winter hmm just might sneak off to Texas with a fellow mail artist Ross Priddle from calgary and look for ole zacks grave this summer but hmm yup "Loki" wow maybe zack learned to shape shift from him but hmm well I hear he only helps other gods tho he does walk among us humans dressed in the fine clothes of a mail artist lol keep smiling

I'll call you tomorrow morning for a cup of tea at Ambasciata di Venezia!
TIZIANA

Do you want to sign here your telephone number in Venezia?
I 'll call you tomorrow.
TIZIANA

I ment to ask if you have ever seen any of my movies ?? or if you even watch APTN hmm well anyways back in the day around 2000-2001 I shot 4 half hour specials at my survival camp with APTN`s Metcom and a guy named Ken Shaffer..he has since gone on to other things I think and well anyway I do have those movies on old VHS tapes..well and in them I teach ancient first nations survival..and I think I may have even still had 2 or 3 teeth lol..my ? is how can I switch them over to CD?? and can I fly up and visit you this summer..that is if they dont kill us in our sleep over things we say in chat rooms lmao..keep smiling

wow hola mi amigo lol glad you survived the night and no one took your hair lol you said "by Odin" very cool god that one..a god of war and death, but also the god of poetry and wisdom..sounds like a wolf to me lol have watched a wolf tease a cow moose out on the land..and when the cow moose finaly chased the wolf..2 other wolves came out of hiding and killed the calf and dragged it off..and some would say that is brutal..but I say wolf holds big medicine in his world..what do you say amigo?

Hi Rod
I created my video on the Venice Biennale 2007. You can see it in the video of IUOMA.
Your photos are great.
Best.
Denis

Yes, that's always the real issue -- whether to erase or discard the crap in our output, or keep it until we can appreciate it for the genius that it truly is.
I think the offense was the result of a complete misunderstanding, and the resulting brouhaha will probably make everyone more cautious in the future.
The real problem is the structure of Ning sites. All comments look the same superficially, but they have different formats and intended purposes. It's very confusing. And SLOW, what with waiting for all the images to load whenever you switch to a different page and try to move down the page. The natural response is to make any comment one has in the nearest text box.
So you should feel free to post at the Novel group, even if the appropriate apology doesn't materialize, or to post anywhere else you choose. However, I have to put in another plug for the Cosmopolitan Breakfast Cushion and its fine sponsor Linen Depot. It's specifically designed for free discourse with no serious subject matter, so no one can take offense there.

Rod my friend you have nothing at all to apologize to me for..you have treated me with honor and respect and so I treat you the same way and umm the sweater is beautiful..your wife is an artist with a needle..so from one lucky old fool to another lol keep smiling amigo

The serious is the decay of Venice and flooding caused by global warming. We are getting a little of that too less about a few thousand years. How do those buildings stand up in all that water. And rats too.

omg what have we done now Rod lmao you have become a native issue lol I told u not to dress so funny lol

Wonderful photos

Hi Rod, greetings from Venezuela.

The 6th World's Poetry Festival 2009 will take place on june and july as a tribute to a venezuelan Poet named Juan Calzadilla (National Prize of Plastic Arts 1996).
This event will be sponsored by Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Cultura and Casa Nacional de las Letras Andrés Bello, so my art archive willheld:

THE 5th INTERNATIONAL ENCOUNTER OF VISUAL POETRY
OPEN NOTIFICATION – NO SELECTION – NO JURY
Everything received will be exhibited – Documentation [to all of you].
NO RETURNS.
Everything sent will be part of the MAIL ART ARCHIVE KEYLA HOLMQUIST.

All the material has to be mailed to:


Keyla Holmquist
ARCHIVO DE ARTE CORREO
Apartado Postal 326
Maracay 2101
Estado Aragua VENEZUELA

DEADLINE MAY 31,st 2009

All the material should be sent perfectly packed in order to prevent damage and with a copy of a data card, stuck on the back of the package.

CATEGORIES:

DRAWING, PAINTING, GRAPHIC, PHOTOGRAPHY, ARTIST SEALS, COPY-ART, EXPERIMENTAL ART.

OBJECTS/ARTIST'S BOOKS:

Measures UP TO A4 MAXIMUM. The base or pedestal needed should be provided by the artist.

POETRY, FREE VERSE OR RHYME, PROSE, NARRATIVE, ESSAY, STORIES.

VISUAL POETRY:

Collage, visual poems, process poetry, illustrated poetry, labyrinth poems, phonetic poems, audible poems, semiotic, palindrome, holopoems, concrete poetry, video action, photo action, object poem, pseudovisual poetry, braille poetry.

VIDEO, SHORTFILM, DOCUMENTARY, ANIMATION:

All videos will be admitted, shortfilms, photography, documentaries, animations that do not exceed 8 minutes of length and they must be delivered on CD or DVD format ready for its presentation.

MULTIMEDIA EXPRESSION:

They will be admitted on CD or DVD format ready for its presentation including the credits, the photography, the list of the soundtrack that was used and the name of the author.

AUDIO FORMAT:

the audio format admitted has to be:
Wave 44,100 Hz 16 bit stereo
Mp3 from 96 'til 320 KPSS
If the expression is audible, high fidelity required.
http://holmquistartecorreo.blogspot.com/

Yes, the foot/bike bridge appears in Google Earth, and also in Google Maps but they are both a little confused about where it is.

I'm so envious. In my country, bicyclists don't even get a special lane on bridges, much less a bridge of our own. We're expected to share traffic lanes with 100 km/hr cars. Using a railroad bridge would be much safer, if only we had railroads.
And I see the rocket museum now.

Four second reverberation time! That's like a cathedral. A good place for a performance. One of the most memorable evenings during my first visit to Europe in 1972 was seeing Xenakis' light & sound show 'Polytopes de Cluny' while lying on my back on a mat in a very old, very tall, groin-vaulted stone room, which at the time I thought was Cluny monastery even though it was in Paris. Maybe it was the old chapel in the Musée de Cluny. If so, they've really cleaned it up since then.

Yes, it's understandable that you would prefer to use the Noorderbrug. The railroad bridge would be a more direct route to the Media Markt, but it takes a very keen sense of balance to ride a bike on one of those rails. They should make them a little wider, at least over bridges.
So, then you continue on Franciscus Romanusweg, past the lovely waterfront park with a music hall and underground parking garage, and a view of the harbor and city center, and then you cross the river again on the Wilhelminabrug?
Perhaps you can clear up a mystery for me, about the wall that divides the river into a wide lane and a narrow lane between Sint Servaasbrug and Wilheminabrug. What is its purpose? Google Earth is full of such mysteries.

Hi Rod. I just saw your comment about my mailbox lock. Sorry about the mishap. Do you mean this bridge? That is a long trip.

Those combination locks are very old. When they break, the PO replaces them with simple key lock cylinders. Mine broke a couple of years ago, but I didn't want to switch, so I spent half a day taking it apart and figuring out how it works and then making the adjustment it needed. Hope this doesn't throw off your shopping list.

Well, I Know some flats of the Emily Harvey Foundation.
In the web you'll find my e-mail address and all: write me and I'll give more info.
Nice to meet you soon!
Keep in touch.
ciao TIZIANA

All mailart people is heartly invited to take a cup of tea or Italian coffee at AMBASCIATA di VENEZIA. You cannot miss a photo under THE TREE of POETRY. And you will put in "artists frame".
Tell me all about your travel to Venezia: date, place and so on.
You 'll be the most wellcome!
TIZIANA