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these are all the same card - it's, um, ...lenticulated or some such? so it can change colors depending on the angle.while it's true that i mess around with the color when i post photos, that's not what you're seeing here; this time something was already happening before i did any adjusting. very cool card - and it brought to mind a mobile…

wow it's been a while since i've seen a pterodactyl -[makes me think of Nilsson's "The Point"].

i'm definitely a fan of these Ukrainian stamps --

Lubomyr has a new address - i hope the move is a…

inside of this volcanic envelope, i found a homemade Add-and-Pass bookie featuring stunning papers, originating, apparently, from Coco Muchmore. let me know if you'd like to be the next recipient!

those random Korean stickers are pretty funny - are they meatballs? i have a fabulous recipe for Korean-style meatballs that i have committed to…

self portrait in two tongues?

oh, maybe William is sending me this head to make up for the one that disappeared from the recent postcard he sent... well, you know what they say about two heads, so thanks for this extra one…

unsolicited surprises from Posta Rica! the FluxFish is easy to spot, but can you make out the hidden message (hint: in the pink). Mail Art Not War is a good slogan. thanks for sharing Lisa; see you in the mail!

complete with (hidden) EAT ART theme!

who wants mail?

Bonzine #29 - Small Town News and a delightful cut up poem-card. the central circle implies that the latter was not made with full consciousness - surrealist? or perhaps more accurately, Searealist?

thanks Bonnie and yes let's make lots of art this…

love these Quotickets; they should be folded into the tickets we get at all those 'take a number' machines. and so cool to meet some (Correspondance Art) Ancestors; such groovy outfits.

but wait there's more! - "Dematerializing Our Alpine Lakes" appears to be some sort of collaboration between Crevicism Press and Cascadia…

envoyez des lettres indeed!

luckily i was home when this arrived; otherwise, i'm not sure how Fred le Facteur would have gotten it into our mailbox. simply charming and so artfully executed; merci beaucoup!

it's always cool when Mail Art arrives just out of the blue.

well, actually, this special tactile collage on corrugated cardboard arrived from Belgium.

thanks Francis; see you in the mail ]:-)

a meditation on American hubris (i wonder what song they are playing... "Those Were The Days", perhaps?)

William cracks me up: on the reverse side he has written 'i can't decide if i like this - or if it's just a hot mess'.

why not both?  [chuckle chuckle]

thanks dude ];-)

truly a red letter day ];-)

the eyes have it.

and then there is this illustration by Ariel Severino, along with mail art omens from the Republic van Patland.

obrigado…

that sticker-adorned brown paper envelope from Hanna contained some large ATCs - 

here you see her 'signature' Starman flanked by abstract portraits.

also included: some Mail Art Money and an assortment of clipped images (potential source material for future collage art/work) - …

'Ticket! Ticket!' series 13 (Spring 2024) arrived some time ago...

wowza - this time i received two envelopes containing eight sheets of stamps, as Jack has featured my 'submissions' on >10 stamps. i lose track of what i send to him, so it's always fun to see what resurfaces. but…

arigato Kiki for this upbeat handmade postcard from Nippon.

your stamps are lovely, and i like the variety of 'official' stamps, too - 

see you in the mail…

this striking photo was taken in Paris; i wonder if Penny is the one wearing the orange socks?

also included: a hand-painted elephant postcard from India - special!

always cool to hear and see what life…

not sure who Maria is (apparently not here on IUOMA) or how this darling collage found its way to me... ah the mysteries of Mail Art. oh, i know! - i'll send something back to her in Buenos Aires and we'll see where it goes from there…

well, a bird in the shirt is worth... wait, what?

seems like they never stop experimenting in Columbus ];-)

thanks cmb 

a lovely quartet of postcards, mostly homemade but also a classic Hopper image - 

these are blank on the reverse side, so Peter encourages me to share these, but i'm torn...

also enclosed: "Crow's Feat" by Yoshiko Yamamoto -…