Tomoe N's Comments

Thank you, Tomoe! Very beautiful mail art from Japan has arrived in Greece. Your painting of SanFran is lovely, as is also the work of your partner. Thank you so much, dear friend!

but no, i have never met anyone from IUOMA.

i rarely leave the house, let alone my town!

there is a mail artist here on iuoma from iowa city, alicia starr,

but we've yet to cross one another's paths in real life!

jennie gave me my first FLUXUS postcard, long before i knew what FLUXUS was all about.

i ended up making it into a FLUXUS kit for a teacher at my daughter's school, after i did a art project with the kids there:

http://moomoosuperhero.blogspot.com/2011/05/flux-kit.html

the postcard is from jennie, and the chinese box is from Skybridge Studios, who is more active here on IUOMA than jennie is. they are both incredibly sweet people and i love the fusion of their works in this box. it is one of my favorite pieces of art i have made, and it didn't take any effort really at all. just a little glue and some love!

awesome!!!

i look forward to your reply.

thanks for the video links! ;-D

am i in art school? no.

i just take classes at local community college,

mostly because it gives me something to do but also

the government gives me a grant to go to school,

so i get a few hundred dollars for taking a couple of classes.

i have only been doing mail art since february 2011,

it's really become a significant part of my life since.

when i went to school, i went for writing because i

like writing poetry a lot. but my wriing teacher

kept pushing me more toward art, so i did lots of art.

and i'm glad because i like doing the art a lot!!!

i do my collages using GIMP, you should try it!

about the zombies:

i used to volunteer in the library and noticed more and more zombie books coming through the system - it got me curious why zombies are getting more popular. as carla cryptic put it, it's an anthropology curiosity, i want to crack a cultural phenomenon and figure out "why zombies?"

oh!

that's my oscar wao piece! ;-D

yes, i think all three are geishas; at least according to google images - the middle one being a "zombie geisha!"

i'll make a note and send you a copy of that in the mail today!!!

i'm an off and on student, also a dad.

i wasn't working quite so furiously when i was taking class, but right now i have no classes so i am on a full time art binge. i was making a collage every day pretty consistently, but lately they are getting more involved, so often they take two days to complete -- but, they are triptychs, so in a way it's kind of like making three every two days.

as for why i friended you, i just saw you pop up on the iuoma main page and went to your profile and hit friend! ;-D

better now than never???

i'm not sure which one is the one with the kimono,

you'll have to point me to it.

i make a collage every day or two, and don't really keep track of old ones! ;-D

Your paquet took only 4-5 days to arrive. Thanks.  For me, all replies are appreciated whenever they arrive.

Arrived yesterday 22 July. Thank you for your interesting packet.  Reflection photographs are among my very favorite.  Your collage paper looks handmade and cloth-like.   TYou were daring to run that paper through your printer and it came out beautifully.  Thank you. See you in the mail.

a reminder, here is the invitation to pARTicipate in the SECREt eXCHANGE exhibitions...pass the invitation on to your friends, and let me know on my page if you will or won't be able to contribute; go to IUoMA Events...or click on the link http://secretexchange.yolasite.com/   thx, Terry Reid, and hope to hear from you

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(in facebook it is at :https://www.facebook.com/#!/profile.php?id=100000748977585 )
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I am a member of a gathering of artists from all over. We have a blog 

http://www.plushpossumstudio.blogspot.com

At this blog I will post an update. This will show Americans who read our blog what they may do to help.

Thank you very much for including me in your idea.

Rose

Japanese neighbors. They will want our help more.

I want to help you help them if I am able.

Rose

Gracias Tomoe!!! It's a good site, and we really wanna help the tsunami victims. I'll tell the teacher to send the cranes there.

Best wishes... and go on with your spanish lessons!!!

Thanks you for replying Tomoe. Nice to know you're well... I've been at my son's school telling them about the Peace cranes project, and the have already made more than 1000. I'd want to ask you if it's a good idea to send them to the Hiroshima Paper museum,,, or you can tell me anywhere else.

I'll be sending something soon. Greetings from the south.