Zack's Blog (931)

yeah, i imagine you've seen these elsewhere/before, but i'm always awe-struck when i receive these sheets from Jack. a whopping 7 pages this time! so much fun to see what tickets and ephemera others have sent in. when these arrive, it feels like there is a party happening in my…

wow a very cool packet of stuff from Catherine!

that butterfly sticker is 3D - i can actually pinch its wings

also included, this delightful one-pager -…

this arrived back in February sometime...

while i was still in training...for...

the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament (which i attended earlier this month.) so, special significance for me. 

thanks William

i spy the tail end of a fluxfish in this collage card... the thick envelope contained a Fluxus Buck -

- and 5 - count 'em! - 5 Add & Pass sheets -…

holiday cards celebrating the (new) Year of the Horse and Banana Day -

also included: an Eat Art envelope + a blue streak of stampings -

thanks Katerina - always great to see you in the…

...or should i say Bonnie & Clyde?

they are walking and talking gesamtkunstwerks, no? …

neat project that reanimates an impulse from 30 years ago. Keith started it all, non picked it up again, and is now providing background etc. via Crevicism Press. Cascadia (Jack L) issues Quo-Ticket stamps, which is totally apt given his own Ticket Ticket/ephemera series. hey could these quotickets be thought of as proto-memes? what a treat!…

the man/machine collaboration continues to produce simultaneously eerie and hilarious imagery. so inviting/open to reverse engineer such images, imagining the prompts that guided the finished product. 

of course, no Ficus communication would be complete without the eye tests on the envelope -…

return address is from Kyrgyzstan...

i don't see Lucretia here on IUOMA; i wonder if she might be connected to someone else who sometimes sends mail from Bishkek?

i'm guessing this was sent last November, on the 50th anniversary of his death. 

i'm choosing to interpret this as a reminder to be patient; no one is around forever...

still catching up! gracias Mikel and see you in the mail soon!

fascinating collage with surreal foliage in the foreground, and could that be a hyena grazing near the new year's pennant? meanwhile, hard candies fall from the sky... danke schön ]:-)

jj's envelopes often feature some striking portraiture - 

inside, two photo-postcards featuring images of art appreciation -

and i always love learning about new art & design folks from…

simply delightful; merci mon amie 

i remain super impressed by William's prolific productivity - where does he find all that time to assemble/distribute The Rubber Postcard, create so many zines and cards, blog the incoming mail art, AND keep up his correspondence?!?! and he's not even 'retired'!!

his latest packet to me included this 'little' zine featuring photocopy prints (made last year using an Epson XP-2101 printer) -…

two separate pieces which arrived a few days apart --

is Dean trying to tell me i'm nuts? 

+ this very cool repurposed holiday card. the bar code kid strikes again! …

opening an envelope from Antonia is like turning a corner into a gallery alcove and encountering a poetry reading... (=transporting)

top: 'At sunset / A threatening gaze / Light that hides'

middle: 'Japan, sushi'

bottom: 'Cala de la Zorra (Torrevieja)'

green: 'Dream of a garden / The scent of flowers / Floats in the…

more holiday greetings from last year. guess it's providential that i'm this far behind with logging mail received - could really use some cheer right now...

Mail Art [community] comes to the rescue again! thanks Bonnie 

yep, still processing holiday mail (!)
thanks so much for this lovely print/stamp combo; i just put a little something in the mail to you yesterday, PMW - curious to see if it survives the trip...

a pair of delicately tinted watercolor postcards arrived in this envelope featuring flying flamingos and a hand-drawn hand (perhaps the artist's?). the opposite sides are blank, so i'm debating whether to keep these or send them out...