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Snootie-dark-guy in my olive tree today, as if we have to fear strange winter creatures crowding in on our HOT summer days STILL in Greece! An amazing print, on reserse side, too, only on transparent plastic:

Ya gotta love this guy...he looks all…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND BOOK:  106 essays written over 30 years on the 20th Century cultural avant-garde including Duchamp, Cage, Mail Art, Fluxus, DiY, zine and artist publishing, international cultural networking, performance art, rubber stamps and other artistic mediums the mainstream considers marginal. Each essay is illustrated with the work in which it…

By Karin from South Africa was the Angels. I love them very much.

THANK YOU!

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 This great piece reads:

"I photograph still life setups for painting references in the studio and photograph flowers

everywhere I go. even the garden center they are quite used to me now"

Written on the most beautiful vibrant watercolor

Love how this tells a story

Thank you…

The words are kind of small it says:

If you are serious about a career as an artist Don't try mail art. don't even send a postcard. 

Sometimes I sned postcards to myself simply because I know that I'm likely to get a favorable response.

Whenever the source for collagable material plays out--I usually turn to the trash that comes from out of my…

I've been a little stuck with my mail art lately. I wanted to do a series on paper instead of fabric.  Since school started last week here, I…

What a nice surprise today - a triptych from his submission "FUCK CANCER" and "Artist Fractal #1"...

AND FROM CHARLOTTE....two "little kittens"..Big Hug and Thanks!!…

Or just "minimal," or just "abstraction": Helen said that she is studying abstraction, when she answered my (very) appreciative comments to her posting of photos showing her abstract explorations from the same series as above.  In my view this is "advanced" abstraction, meaning it looks to me as if it came from an artist who has been through many phases of abstraction.  In any…

I think this is wild and wonderful:

Guido titles this "The Firebird" on the front, saying that it was "inspired by the music of Igor Stravinsky."  I can see that, and am extra delighted that this envelope painting is big: 9" x 12 1/8".  I appreciate all of Guido's work, and the size really doesn't matter to me, but he had to paint on a large envelope this time because…

Orrin & Sadie's 1963 Christmas card:

Sadie wrote a bit more of a greeting to the recipient on the back.

Nadine wrote to me on the back, "Was this the best picture Orrin & Sadie had for their card??"  I have to wonder that along with ya, Nadine.

As a fan of Nadine's funny envelopes and fantastic handwriting, I'm including both sides:…

First we have the caterpillar climbing asemic writing and a branch:

Then we have the ultimate butterfly on the back:

I love the composition and subjects, and don't know how Svenja knew that I'm a wildlife creature lover, but another one graces the…

Aug 14 Baltimore Sun article titled "Unsettled Scores":

Wow!!!  Others may know of Will Redman, but I'd never heard of him before and was…

Katerina's work is always graceful:

The scanner doesn't quite do the blues justice, but they're beautiful, as are the asemics. We are still hoping that an earlier one she sent with olive pits stuck on it will turn up! And because it is hard not to post envelopes and Katerina's is so pleasing, here it is:…

I think I got it now. One of the reasons why Cheryl is such an outstanding artist is because she is also a very good storyteller. Almost anything will sparkle her imagination, and her ability to create new stories knows no borders.

But just like her books are not "orthodox" books, her stories aren't either.

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