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Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on July 12, 2011 at 3:35am

Theresa, I like that writing inside paper bags idea!  It must be good for inhibited students.  (As a wallflower, I would've benefited from that.)   I have tons of paper bags -- am fond of the unbleached paper color -- but have used only a tiny amount for collage.  They just keep on piling up.  At least they're under the stairway.  Maybe they would be good for developing my asemic writing; I have a couple of asemic artworks going now but am not sure yet whether the courage to send them anywhere will appear.   It's so early, yet much of the work posted in the group is inspiring.

Comment by Nadine Wendell-Mojica on July 12, 2011 at 2:43am

True dat. Great quote.

Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on July 12, 2011 at 2:17am

It's a beautiful thing, this ethereal type of connection -- this week I plan to love wholeheartedly sending things off, instead of 99%!

Here is what Patricio wrote: "Nancy, nothing is different this side.  To go to the post office is the nice part of this to me:  something is on its way.  On the other hand, it´s death time.  Our babies purchase one-way tickets only. Life and death, a process that is not diferente in the mail art kingdom.  I´ll keep you posted on your baby."

 

Comment by Nadine Wendell-Mojica on July 12, 2011 at 1:40am

I agree with that piece about letting cards go. Especially when you're fearful something will happen to them on the way.Sounds kind of maternal. So it's especially sweet to recieve something one knows is just exquisite or beautifully humble from miles and miles away. I like to think of Karin Greenwood for instance in South Africa working on her cards.

Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on July 11, 2011 at 10:48pm

Deeply appreciated, Theresa, thank you.  Clearly I crave the dialogue too; my passions tend to require a lot of solitude, which is as important to me as air and water anyway, so it's the "right" life for me -- but finding companions (in whatever form) in that life, to interrupt the isolation and speak a similar language, is special.  Probably didn't know how much it was missing until I staggered into the IUOMA site via google while searching for something else a week or two ago!

Perfect benefit of mail-art is as you say, "It's okay to release what you have.  It makes room for more ideas and more art."  True.  You wouldn't believe some painted book pages I have that have been favorites for a long time and don't get used in my regular collage artworks because they're likely to be covered up during the process.  That's no way to work.  In mail-art, when used, they will definitely have a destination and a new life.  Patricio Duprat wrote something with a very large and needed perspective when I mentioned it was a little hard to let my first mail-art pieces go at the post office last week.  It deserves re-posting; I'll find it and do that.

Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on July 11, 2011 at 10:10pm

Theresa, no shame!  With your focus on literature, it would be a surprise if you knew of Dale Copeland.  There are a couple of extra pockets around here right now, if anyone would like one, with the understanding that I don't do sewing.  I look forward very much to whatever you have sent me.  It is time for shame for me, because the piece I sent you was The Very First One I Did, and already other and probably better ideas are percolating. 

My comments are so wordy.   I need an editor on here, and obviously I'm not to be trusted.  Maybe you should do it, Theresa, esteemed professor and writer!

Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on July 11, 2011 at 9:59pm

And I can hardly wait to receive it, Alicia.  But I will.  No, isn't the Asemic Project #4 already filled, and with a waiting list?  Think that is posted.  Maybe, being so new (newer than you, I'm pretty sure), I should wait for the next project.  But maybe not.  I'll keep reading on the group's page and see what opportunities arise.  Are you new to asemic writing?  If you've done anything yet, I'd love to see it.

Comment by Alicia Starr on July 11, 2011 at 6:13pm

excuses, excuses.  are you participating in the Asemic #4 project? I am new to IUOMA and it would be nice to continue a conversation during this process.

your card is in the postal box ready for the mail lady.

Comment by Nancy Bell Scott on July 11, 2011 at 3:57pm

Those are drying on a precarious wire tray and must face the same direction in order not to roll off.  Used to be 3 lights.  One exploded.  Your bowl of tiny, long, rectangular paper thingies is startlingly tidy-looking.  The pieces are not all in the same direction, granted, but the overall effect is very, well, tidy (and aesthetically pleasing).  I'm not convinced you win but will defer to your IUOMA seniority.

Comment by Alicia Starr on July 11, 2011 at 3:36pm

2 lights. AND, organization. look at the brushes. all of them heading in the same direction. i win.

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