Asemic Writing for Mail-Artists

Ok, this morning my cat Ramsay walked two blocks to the beach (by herself!) and found an asemic banana lying on the sand. A drugged-up neighbor watched her bite it open and eat the banana flesh, and she then dragged the skin home, with asemics fairly intact. Ramsay was exhausted, I thought banana flesh would provide more sustenance than that. She dropped it on the floor of my studio, and my camera took three photos, one every four hours. Now the banana skin is dead and the asemics have become one with the overripe skin and I've had to put it out for garbage pickup tomorrow to avoid fruit flies.  

Ever seen one of these? Me neither. Just felt it was my duty to report it. 

Thanks Nancy - we can't risk having all the asemic folks miss this - it is worthy of some sort of super Trash Po-Litzer or something. Has to be one of the funniest things ever posted in this group.

Oh no, none of those things. ... No tiny legs out there, are there?

I had a famous scientist from Podunk College in OOB test it, and the writing was done with some kind of pointy but non-invasive instrument. He thinks the fluid might be the blood of a slug.  

wow

this might get ME writing on bananas

watch out

If you do, John--and I'm sure we'd all love to see that--have your camera ready, as it's a dying art!

I should add that banana as substrate came to my mind as a result of being a member of Dean Marks's bananas group.

Well here's lettuice, if not bananas:

"Lettuce grow then, you and I

when the evening is spread out against the sky

like a patient etherized upon a table..."

Icelandic alphabet, scanned T shirt Colomba Vargas from Nicaragua

I'd love to learn he Icelandic alphabet! Is it like Ruins?

DVS; Is that a asemic Haiku?????

That's great Guido/ We need Rod Sommers for more info on Icelandic. I know a lot of poets - and especially Charles Olson - were into Icelandic & Norse & thought it extremely important.

Neil - Runes - geez - I'm fairly ignorant but now am surprised that didn't come up more in the big asemic discussions last year - that's a whole world complete with haptic rock carvings - yeah, maybe somebody knows more

Colomba was in a jolly good mood this evening, she dumped her bra and then asked me to photohgraph the same T shirt, so now it is Icelandic with «accents aigus A LA FRENCH», she is so nuts I am quite crazy about her!

Nightbird poem

Poem to keep the clouds at a distance

Rebel poem

ASEMIC NATURAL 1

ASEMIC NATURAL 2

ASEMIC NATURAL 3

Extraordinary asemic finds, Samuel --

Every one is doing such beautiful work! Amazing!

The natural asemics are the best, like always!

Worm maze? They need direction? But they make FAB patterns!

Yes, traces of insects in woods! Without any doubt ...

For doubts, look into any mirror (smile)

Green Man, leaves asemics in my garden!

John M. Bennett & Musicmaster

Love the Mayan Music master & Guido's green man in the garden! Ase mic-licious!

The piece below is by Jim Leftwich & John M. Bennett

Fantastic collab, John.

Oh Man! This stuff is inspiring!!!!!!! I like the movement in the J&J collab and Samuel s Asemic turtlePo!

Yeah.turtlepoke! I get it, turtle pokes head out of shell makes asemic collab!

Great piece.

Envelope received from Dragan Jukic, Germany

Jim Leftwich & John M. Bennett:

Wow! Ase mic-licious!!!

Good call DharmaDaDa Neil. Congrats to John & Jim - that's a beauty.

Two asemic beauties within 5 minutes of each other. Remarkable as the works!

4 pages for issue 2 zine «mail art exhibit in South Africa», proposed by Cheryl Penn:

Jim Leftwich & John M. Bennett

WINDOWS OF ASEMICS HOTEL

Ah Guido, I love love LOVE your Windows! ^_^

Agree with Cleo/Claire--a wonderful piece, with windows--of an asemics hotel, no less. Your "Heartbreak Hotel" windows envelope is on the wall in our living spot.

Thanks Claire and Nancy and yes it is a continuation of Heartbreak Hotel series.

Mailed the envelope today to John Bennett. Okay John, I am spoiling the surprise for you!

Jim Leftwich & John M. Bennett