Valentine Mark Herman

Happy Birthday, Val! All the best!!

Bon anniversaire!!

Happy happy day dear Val!

Hope the party is fab.  Happy birthday!

Happy party,Val! Cheers!

Val!!!

...Quasi impossibile spiegare una performance art... caro Amico... un abbraccio , bruno ;-)

Kalimera, my dear Valentine :-)

No, I did not blog 'em!

(that's a double negative? Makes a positive?)

• This is NOT a blog of mail art from Val

Hey Val,

Just on here for a minute and saw you had a birthday recently. HAPPY, HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY TO YOU DEAR VAL!!!!!!!!! Hope you had a grand time and wonderful day my friend. Miss you all and looking forward to getting back to IUOMA.

Take care,

Rocgleigh

cool assemblage, Val. one of my cherished dreams is to visit graceland. good friends are the best!

mail to you, soon.

stan

as it happens, i am also a big buddy holly fan. i don't have a shrine, but i do have 2 very good friends who are from ropes, texas, which is near to where buddy grew up. a number of years ago, at my request, they brought me back a photo of buddy's headstone at the local cemetary in lubbock. it is somewhere in my vast paper archives. if i can locate it, i will send it along to you.

rave on,   stan

Hi Valentine. I don't know if my former message reached you. But here again. I live in the south of Maastricht, at the Belgian border with Vroenhoven in a quarter that's called Daalhof. I know Cadier; lived there myself in the early eighties in the Prinses Beatrixstraat. Keep well

Thank you very much for your comment. Is required is creativity and the right software.

Greetings from Venezuela

In 1983 I already lived in Venray (also Limburg), before I moved in 1986 to Amsterdam. Before Cadier I lived in the States btw; first in San Marcos Ca., and after in SD. I came back to the Netherlands in 1981

No, in a day you can make a digital work.  

Val--Just want to let you know that I've been enjoying your "My life would have been different " vinyl record series. It's a great showcase for your inimitable humor.

28 October...Greek Holiday

Val, you may wear your red cap, too :-)

Come to the Parade!

Cici loves a bit of tasty mailart!

Val, I received the rituals of repetitions. I am unsure of what to do… Normally I document everything in lots of places. You have said, NO BLOGGING so does that mean you don't want me to document your work on the Ritual mail art blog? Does blogging mean talking about it or putting it somewhere?

Hi Val, your mobile arrived yesterday, übercool. Thank you. I am trying to think of a place to hang it, but am in desperate straights for a safe zone. In these chambers, cats rule the domain and anything with feathers just might seem fair game. I will not let it be so.

See you in the mail.

I love the name, Trouble. My three are all so sweetly troublesome. I no longer have plants or flowers in the house, am constantly picking up items that have mysteriously fallen on the floor and cannot leave any loose string or thread around — I once found my youngest with a thread hanging out of her mouth, having a bit of a gagging fit; I slowly pulled the thread out of her mouth/throat to find a sewing needle on the other end.

Again, I will need to put some thought towards where to hang your mobile . . . away from high flying, feather-shredding kats. :]

Hello Valentine, this is my second mail art project. In the first one, Voice to people, you were the first one to send your work, i was very happy! With all the works i received i was able to organized 3 exposition, 2 in Trento and 1 in Vicenza. you can see the events in my fb page. But as you may understand, it's not so easy  to find a free place for  art expositions, i have contact with Sat, Società Alpina Trento, i am sure that during 2015 i will be able to show all the works, but i need to received a good number of mail, good enough for showing! So far i have already received a good number, but there is time up to next march, so please help me to make a good job! I think that around february i will know when and where! Ciao ciao...

Ciao Valentine , thank you for your reply, i appreciated very much! Ok for farcebook, i know what you mean, but i share my stuff just with selected friends and it's not so bad. Anyway, i am so busy and involved in my real job, primary school teacher, that i have no time for other useless occupations, except mail art!

This is the mountain in front of my house some days ago early in the morning. have a good day!

Ciao !!! se abitassimo un po' più vicino si... ma siamo un po' lontani... comunque io di solito performo da solo... o con una mia amica ... un fraterno abbraccio , bruno

ma tu Valentine sei un performer?  un caldo abbraccio , bruno

Ciao Valentine! ora Sono a Roma per qualche giorno...appena torno posto altre immagini ...poi ti scrivo una mia lettera! un fraterno abbraccio , bruno

Of course, it will be welcome!

Your watercolor has arrived! Thank you!

Foi nomeado Artista residente do IUOMA por 5 anos.
Boa sorte e sucesso Valentine.
Abraço. 

Mizé

Temporarily is it online. It depends on the amount of incoming mails. If there enough for an exhibition, I plan to organize one.

Thanks, Val! I have always wanted to travel to France and see the sunflowers and the rows of lavender, and then to England to see the daffodils! Once the Christmas rush settles down a bit, I'm hoping to get more and more mail art to my friends here at IOUMA!

Put on your happy-hat :-)

Edmund is  ready!(oops..off-center, 'must rearrange it)

You look adorable Santa Val :-)

Keep smilin'

Hi Val, I'm planning several exhibitions in the Netherlands in 2015/2016. I'll let you know! And the Zwarte Piet discussion is very difficult. I understand the commotion, our history of slavery...so I think Zwarte Piet will change, but it can't be achieved overnight. And why is there so much hate, it's a feast for children! 

By the way: you are a beautiful Santa Claus ;-)

I would love to adopt a punnikin for 2015. I believe in adoption for homeless pets, rather than purchase or breeding.  --Linda

I sent you a Christmas card and some mail art yesterday (December 9).  I apologize for not mailing this sooner, but have had a lot on my mind lately. As you know, in June, I lost my Father, who was 80 years of age after a neurological illness. On December 1, I lost my Brother-in-law to a rare form of cancer. In a way, my Brother-in-law's death was worse than my Father's. My Father had been sick for a long time, and was in terrible condition, both physically and mentally. My Brother-in-law was only 48, and had a wife and children.

My family and I were in California (where most of my husband's relatives live) over the weekend.  The funeral for my Brother-in-law was on Sunday morning, held on a beach that he loved.  It was very different than any memorial service I've ever been to.  It was very informal, nearly everyone there wore jeans and tennis shoes.  They didn't even call it a funeral - it was referred to as a "Life Celebration".

I am glad that 2014 is nearly over. I'm sick of going to funerals.  Hopefully, 2015 will be a better one for all of us! 

I have 4 vinyls packed and ready to send - hope they reach you safely!

You'll see that on the one vinyl (you'll know which one when it arrives) I adopted a conservative approach and did not include condoms, cannabis or cocaine - for obvious reasons! Nor did I include carrots, cards, crisps, crayons, crap, courgettes,or vitamin C. Cryptic, not so??

I found your perfect destination Val! Internet is frustratingly slow where I am.. back to mail art business in the new year. Hope you had a lovely Christmas. x

Val did you get the card i sent, my mail dosen't seem  to be getting places lately???

Best, Neil

thank you, I hope with joy. hugs! 

Yes, of course !!!! just realized that the call I sent a vinyl is yours! My already arrived? What a cool that encounter!

Olá Valentine:

Minha Vinyl Art está pronta. Vou enviar em 2 de Janeiro para Você.

Bom Ano 2015, muito criativo.

Abraço

Mizé

I absolutely have to tell what kind of shampoo you use because I want a box :) wishes for a happy 2015

Does a glass print work like a gelli print?  --Linda